task

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♦♦ task /t'ɑːsk, t'æsk/ (tasks tasking tasked)
1 [N-COUNT] usu N of -ing, supp N
A task is an activity or piece of work which you have to do, usually as part of a larger project.
She used the day to catch up with administrative tasks.
2 [VERB] be V-ed with n/-ing
If you are tasked with doing a particular activity or piece of work, someone in authority asks you to do it.
The minister was tasked with checking that British aid money was being spent wisely.
3 [PHRASE] V inflects, oft PHR for n/-ing
If you take someone to task, you criticize them or tell them off because of something bad or wrong that they have done.
The country's intellectuals are also being taken to task for their failure to speak out against the regime.
= rebuke♦ task force (task forces)
also taskforce
1 [N-COUNT]
A task force is a small section of an army, navy, or air force that is sent to a particular place to deal with a military crisis.
The United States is sending a naval task force to the area to evacuate American citizens.
2 [N-COUNT]
A task force is a group of people working together on a particular task.
We have set up a task force to look at the question of women returning to work.

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