task

  1. Noun.  A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
  2. Noun.  A difficult or tedious undertaking.
  3. Noun.  An objective.
  4. Noun.  (computing) A process or execution of a program.
  5. Verb.  (transitive) To assign a task to, or impose a task on.

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