task
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
he prepared for great undertakings
Types & categories
- work hypernym
- child's play hyponym
- escapade hyponym
- assignment hyponym
- baby hyponym
- endeavor hyponym
- labor of love hyponym
- marathon hyponym
- no-brainer hyponym
- proposition hyponym
- tall order hyponym
- venture hyponym
- Manhattan Project instance hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
assign a task to
I tasked him with looking after the children
Types & categories
- assign hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars
Types & categories
- duty hypernym
- ball-buster hyponym
- stint hyponym
- scut work hyponym
Related & opposite
- task derivation
- job derivation
- subcontract derivation
Sense 4 verb
use to the limit
you are taxing my patience
Types & categories
- strain hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | design |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | undertake |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | task |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | labor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | labour |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | work |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | child's play |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | escapade |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | assignment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | baby |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | endeavor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | labor of love |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | marathon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | no-brainer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | proposition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tall order |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | venture |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Manhattan Project |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chore |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | task |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | assign |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | task |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | job |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | subcontract |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | duty |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | ball-buster |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | stint |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scut work |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | strain |