Meaning

4 senses
  1. (transitive)To assign a task to; to impose a task on.

    On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.

    beauftragen

    поруча́тьporučátʹ, задава́тьzadavátʹ, выдава́ть зада́ниеvydavátʹ zadánije

    assign a task to

  2. (transitive)To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax

  3. (transitive)To charge, as with a fault.

  4. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax

    (obsolete, transitive)To institute a tax on.

Examples

618 sentences
  1. They assigned the task to us.

    Вони призначили це завдання нам. — ChickenKiev

    ruОни поручили задание нам. — sharptoothed

  2. That won't be an easy task.

    Це не буде простою задачею. — deniko

    ruЭто будет непростой задачей. — odexed

  3. This task is too much for me.

    Ця задача мені не під силу. — JeNNeR

    ruЭта задача мне не по силам. — Hellerick

    deDiese Aufgabe ist zu viel für mich. — Tamy

  4. Although it is a very difficult task, I will do my best.

    Хоча це і дуже складне завдання, я зроблю все, що від мене залежить. — deniko

    ruХотя это задание и очень сложное, я сделаю всё, что от меня зависит. — Olya

    deEs ist eine ziemlich schwierige Aufgabe, aber ich werde mein Bestes geben. — Zaghawa

  5. It's not an easy task.

    Це непроста задача. — deniko

    ruЭто непростая задача. — marafon

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
assign a task to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
assign a task to:

Origin

From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old Fre

From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax.

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Forms

tasks, tasking, tasked, tasked
Base formtask · to task
3rd person singulartasks
Present participletasking
Past simpletasked
Past participletasked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytask
he, she, ittasks

Past simpleLesson

all personstasked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tasked
he, she, ithas tasked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill task

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • use to the limit:tax

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmultitask

Collocations

4 patterns
  • an easy task
  • easy task
  • to the task
  • this task is

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
task — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto