Task

//tɑːsk//

Synonyms for "task" (253 found)

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Closest matches (51)

Noun(3 words)
chorejobundertaking

Strong matches (76)

Noun(3 words)
goallaborlabour

Related words (126)

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Verb(1 words)
tax

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More general

8 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

25 entries

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has context

1 entries

manner of

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related to

36 entries

Showing 16 of 36 words.

Translations

201 translations across 68 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • detyrë noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Arabic

4 entries
  • عَمَل noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • مَقْصَد noun (objective)
  • مُهِمَّة noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • هَدَف noun (objective)

Armenian

1 entries
  • առաջադրանք noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • tapşırıq noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • vəzifə noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • эш noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • зада́нне noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • зада́нне noun (objective)
  • зада́ньне noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • зада́ньне noun (objective)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • зада́ние noun (objective)
  • зада́ча noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • зада́ча noun (process or execution of a program)
  • ра́бота noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Catalan

1 entries
  • tasca noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 任務 /任务 noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • 任務 /任务 noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)
  • 作業 /作业 noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • 目標 /目标 noun (objective)

Cornish

2 entries
  • oberen noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • rann ober noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Czech

2 entries
  • úkol noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • úloha noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Danish

4 entries
  • job noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • mission noun (objective)
  • opgave noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • tjans noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Dari

2 entries
  • وَظِیفَه noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • کَار noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Dutch

4 entries
  • doel noun (objective)
  • opgave noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • opgave noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)
  • taak noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Egyptian

1 entries
  • wp:p-W:t-Z9-A2 noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • tasko noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Estonian

2 entries
  • töö noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • ülesanne noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Finnish

4 entries
  • askare noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • homma noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • prosessi noun (process or execution of a program)
  • puuha noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

French

4 entries
  • corvée noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)
  • tâche noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • tâche noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)
  • tâche noun (process or execution of a program)

Galician

3 entries
  • angueira noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • obxectivo noun (objective)
  • tarefa noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Georgian

3 entries
  • ამოცანა noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • დავალება noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • საქმე noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

German

3 entries
  • Aufgabe noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • Pflicht noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • beauftragen verb (assign a task to)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌹 noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Greek

3 entries
  • αγγαρεία noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)
  • δουλειά noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • εργασία noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Hebrew

3 entries
  • מְשִׂימָה noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • מַטָּלָה noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • הטיל verb (assign a task to)

Hindi

2 entries
  • काम noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • कार्य noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • feladat noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • verkefni noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • مَقْصَد noun (objective)
  • هَدَف noun (objective)
  • وَظیفِه noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • کار noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Irish

1 entries
  • tasc noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Italian

4 entries
  • attività noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • compito noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • incombenza noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)
  • obiettivo noun (objective)

Japanese

4 entries
  • タスク noun (process or execution of a program)
  • 仕事 noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • 任務 noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)
  • 問題 noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • тапсырма noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Korean

4 entries
  • 과제 noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • 목적 noun (objective)
  • 목표 noun (objective)
  • 문제 noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • тапшырма noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Latin

1 entries
  • pensum noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Latvian

1 entries
  • uzdevums noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • užduotis noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • задача noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Marathi

1 entries
  • कार्य noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Middle English

1 entries
  • taske noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • даалгавар noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • зорилго noun (objective)

Māori

2 entries
  • taumahi noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • tūmahi noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Nahuatl

2 entries
  • tequiua noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • tequiua noun (objective)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • oppgave noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • oppgåve noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Occitan

1 entries
  • tasca noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Polish

2 entries
  • zadanie noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • zadanie noun (process or execution of a program)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • dever noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • incumbência noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • incumbência noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)
  • objetivo noun (objective)

Romanian

1 entries
  • sarcină noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Russian

4 entries
  • зада́ние noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • зада́ние noun (objective)
  • зада́ча noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • зада́ча noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • gnìomh noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • zadátak noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • зада́так noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Slovak

1 entries
  • úloha noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Slovene

3 entries
  • cilj noun (objective)
  • naloga noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • naloga noun (objective)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bolado noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • bolado noun (objective)
  • cometido noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • cometido noun (objective)

Swedish

1 entries
  • uppgift noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • abyad noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Tajik

2 entries
  • вазифа noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • кор noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Thai

1 entries
  • งาน noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Turkish

4 entries
  • görev noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • vazife noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • ödev noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • görevlendirmek verb (assign a task to)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • wezipe noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • завда́ння noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • завда́ння noun (objective)
  • зада́ча noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • зада́ча noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)

Urdu

1 entries
  • کام noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • تاپشۇرۇق noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • ۋەزىپە noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • vazifa noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • mục tiêu noun (objective)
  • mục đích noun (objective)
  • nhiệm vụ noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)
  • nhiệm vụ noun (difficult or tedious undertaking)

Welsh

1 entries
  • tasg noun (piece of work done as part of one’s duties)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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It's presumptuous for humans to assume that our task is to do what only God can do.

Source: tatoeba (1901)

You may as well do the task now.

Source: tatoeba (16593)

He is equal to the task.

Source: tatoeba (17060)

We are engaged in a difficult task.

Source: tatoeba (22971)

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