task

IPA: tˈæsk

A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
Any piece of work done.
A difficult or tedious undertaking.
An objective.
(computing) A process or execution of a program.
(obsolete) A tax or charge.
Alternative form of taisch [second sight; the involuntary ability of seeing the future or distant events.]

Examples of "task" in Sentences

Now Holtz-Eakin's main task is defending the indefensible, McCain's tax policy.
Their main task is to protect their citizens from evil-doers and exercise justice.
Now the main task is adapting the chapters for a younger and more superhero-interested audience.
The @task decorator registers the function as a task, tying it in to the list of options available from the command line.
Kofler says the naval forces 'main task is to protect vessels that are carrying food aid for displaced people in Somalia.
Also I wrapped the $task like this: addslashes$task in insertTask.php because otherwise double quotes are not accepted into a new task, and the DHTML corrupts.
"Today I am able to say that we have concluded all questions with the U.S. about Russia's entry into the WTO, and now the main task is wrapping up talks with the working group in Geneva," Mr. Kudrin said in Yalta, Ukraine, Russian news agencies reported.
Now, the ethologist's main task is to understand the perceptual world of the animal and that requires a tricky kind of concentration, especially with a creature like the octopus, which is basically a snail that's as smart as a cat, and from the human perspective the most alien intelligence on the planet.