Definition: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Usage: estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars; the job of repairing the engine took several hours; the endless task of classifying the samples; the farmer's morning chores
Similar words: duty
Definition: work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons
Usage: the duties of the job
Synonyms: undertaking, task, labor, project
Definition: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
Usage: he prepared for great undertakings
Similar words: work
Definition: activity directed toward making or doing something
Usage: she checked several points needing further work
Definition: use to the limit
Usage: you are taxing my patience
Definition: use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity
Usage: He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro; Don't strain your mind too much
Synonyms: task
Definition: assign a task to
Usage: I tasked him with looking after the children
Similar words: delegate, depute, designate, assign
Definition: give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person)