task
/tæsk/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "daily task, monotonous task, regular task, parental task"
- "The employee refused to complete the assignment, arguing that it was not one of the tasks listed in her job description."
- "I put him to task on the chores."
- "carry out a task"
- "complete a task"
- "Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found."
Etymology
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tæsk/
- British English: /tɑːsk/