English-Thai Dictionary

task

N งานหนัก  งา นที่ ยาก  ภารกิจ  งา นที่ สำคัญ  job duty ngan-nak

 

task

VT ใช้ ความพยายาม ใน การทำงาน อย่างหนัก  ทำให้ ทำงานหนัก เกินไป  ใช้ สมอง หนัก  ทำให้ เหน็ดเหนื่อย  chai-kwam-pa-ya-yam-nai-kan-tam-ngan

 

task force

N หน่วย ปฏิบัติการ เฉพาะกิจ  กองกำลัง ทหาร เฉพาะกิจ  คณะกรรมการ เฉพาะกิจ  armada detachment nuai-pa-ti-bad-cha-proe-tua

 

taskmaster

N งา นที่ ยากลำบาก  งา นที่ ต้องการ ความสามารถ อย่างสูง  ngan-ti-yak-lam-bak

 

taskmaster

N ผู้ ที่ ให้ งาน ยากลำบาก แก่ ผู้อื่น  inspector monitor overseer phu-ti-tam-ngan-yak-lam-bak-kea-phu-uen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TASK

n. 1. Business imposed by another, often a definite quantity or amount of labor. Each man has his task. When he has performed his task, his time is his own. Exodus 5:13.
2. Business; employment.
His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
3. Burdensome employment.
To take to task, to reprove; to reprimand; as, to take one to task for idleness.

 

TASK

v.t. 1. To impose a task; to assign to one a definite amount of business or labor.
2. To burden with some employment; to require to perform.
There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.

 

TASKED

pp. Required to perform something.

 

TASKER

n.One that imposes a task.

 

TASKING

ppr. Imposing a task on; requiring to perform.

 

TASKMASTER

n.[task and master. ] One who imposes a task, or burdens with labor. Sinful propensities and appetites are men's most unrelenting taskmasters. They condemn us to unceasing drudgery, and reward us with pain, remorse and poverty. Next to our sinful propensities, fashion is the most oppressive taskmaster. 1. One whose office is to assign tasks to others. Exodus 1:11; Exodus 3:7.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TASK

Task, n. Etym: [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. tâche, for tasche, LL. tasca, taxa, fr. L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See Tax, n. & v.]

 

1. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. Ma task of servile toil. Milton. Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close. Longfellow.

 

2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor. His mental powers were equal to greater tasks. Atterbury. To take to task. See under Take.

 

Syn. -- Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery; study; lesson; stint.

 

TASK

Task, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tasked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tasking. ]

 

1. To impose a task upon; to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to. There task thy maids, and exercise the loom. Dryden.

 

2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.

 

3. To charge; to tax; as with a fault. Too impudent to task me with those errors. Beau. & Fl.

 

TASKER

TASKER Task "er, n.

 

1. One who imposes a task.

 

2. One who performs a task, as a day-laborer. [R.]

 

3. A laborer who receives his wages in kind. [Scot. ]

 

TASKMASTER

TASKMASTER Task "mas `ter, n.

 

Defn: One who imposes a task, or burdens another with labor; one whose duty is to assign tasks; an overseer. Ex. i. 11. All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Taskmaster's eye. Milton.

 

TASK WAGE

Task wage. (Polit. Econ.)

 

Defn: A wage paid by the day, or some fixed period, on condition that a minimum task be performed. When the workman is paid in proportion for excess over the minimum, the wage is one for piece-work.

 

TASKWORK

TASKWORK Task "work `, n.

 

Defn: Work done as a task; also, work done by the job; piecework.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

task

task |task tæsk | ▶noun a piece of work to be done or undertaken. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be tasked ) assign such a piece of work to: NATO troops are tasked with separating the warring parties. • make great demands on (someone's resources or abilities ): it tasked his diplomatic skill to effect his departure in safety. PHRASES take someone to task reprimand or criticize someone severely for a fault or mistake. ORIGIN Middle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxare ‘censure, charge ’ (see tax ). An early sense of the verb was ‘impose a tax on. ’

 

task force

task force |ˈtæsk ˌfɔrs | ▶noun an armed force organized for a special operation. • a unit specially organized for a task: aides say his plans include a task force on hate crimes.

 

taskmaster

task mas ter |ˈtaskˌmastər ˈtæskˌmæstər | ▶noun a person who imposes a harsh or onerous workload on someone.

 

Oxford Dictionary

task

task |tɑːsk | ▶noun a piece of work to be done or undertaken: a new manager was given the task of developing the club's talent. ▶verb [ with obj. ] assign a task to: NATO troops are tasked with separating the warring parties. • make great demands on (someone's resources or abilities ): it tasked his diplomatic skill to effect his departure in safety. PHRASES take someone to task reprimand or criticize someone severely for a fault or mistake. ORIGIN Middle English: from an Old Northern French variant of Old French tasche, from medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxare ‘censure, charge ’ (see tax ). An early sense of the verb was ‘impose a tax on ’.

 

task force

task force (also task group ) ▶noun an armed force organized for a special operation. • a unit specially organized for a task: the government has set up a task force to survey mental health services.

 

taskmaster

task |master |ˈtɑːskmɑːstə | ▶noun ( fem. taskmistress |-mɪstrɪs | ) a person who imposes a harsh or onerous workload on someone: he was a hard taskmaster.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

task

task noun a daunting task: job, duty, chore, charge, assignment, detail, mission, engagement, occupation, undertaking, exercise, business, responsibility, burden, endeavor, enterprise, venture. PHRASES take someone to task Bryce took me to task for having "borrowed " his car: rebuke, reprimand, reprove, reproach, remonstrate with, upbraid, scold, berate, castigate, lecture, censure, criticize, admonish, chide, chasten, arraign; informal tell off, bawl out, give someone a dressing-down.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

task

task noun he set himself the daunting task of writing a full-length book: job, duty, chore, charge, labour, piece of work, piece of business, assignment, function, commission, mission, engagement, occupation, undertaking, exercise, business, responsibility, errand, detail, endeavour, enterprise, venture, quest, problem, burden. PHRASES take someone to task he took some experts to task for their optimistic predictions: rebuke, reprimand, reprove, reproach, remonstrate with, upbraid, scold, berate, lecture, castigate, censure, criticize, admonish, chide, chasten, lambaste, nag, blame, arraign, call to account, haul over the coals, read someone the Riot Act; informal tell off, give someone a dressing-down, give someone a talking-to; Brit. informal tick off, carpet; N. Amer. informal bawl out, chew out. ANTONYMS praise, commend. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD task, job, chore, duty These words all apply to activities that people are obliged to do, whether they want to or not. See also work. ■ Task is the broadest term, meaning ‘a piece of work to be done ’ (caring for dependent older people can be a daunting task | a new team manager was given the task of harnessing the club's talent ). ■ A job is primarily the occupation by which someone earns their living, in the course of which they may regularly have to perform a number of tasks (Father landed a job as a technical engineer | 200 jobs are at risk ). A single piece of work for which someone is paid may also be referred to as a job (the mechanic quoted him £50 for the job ), as can the responsibility to do something (it's your job to know what's going on ). ■ Chores are tedious routine tasks (help with everyday chores like shopping or housework ) or tasks that are felt to be unpleasant but unavoidable (financial planning is seen as a nasty chore ). ■ Duties are tasks that one has to do as part of one's job, especially continuing ones (your duties will include operating the switchboard ). In the singular, duty is usually service performed because of legal or moral obligation (military duty | I came because I considered it to be my duty ). It can also describe such a feeling of obligation itself (a sense of filial duty ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Duden Dictionary

Task

Task Substantiv, maskulin EDV , der |T a sk |der Task; Genitiv: des Task [e ]s, Plural: die Tasks englisch task = Aufgabe < mittelenglisch taske < altfranzösisch tasche, über das Vulgärlateinische < mittellateinisch taxa, Taxe in sich geschlossene Aufgabe, dargestellt durch einen Teil eines Programms oder ein ganzes Programm

 

Taskforce

Task force , Task-Force Substantiv, feminin , die Task-Force |T a skforce T a sk-Force …fɔrs …foːɐ̯s …fɔrs …foːɐ̯s |die Taskforce; Genitiv: der Taskforce, Plural: die Taskforces |[…sɪs ] |die Task-Force; Genitiv: der Task-Force, Plural: die Task-Forces |[…sɪs ] |englisch task force, zu: force = Kolonne, Trupp, Einheit für eine begrenzte Zeit gebildete Arbeitsgruppe [mit umfassenden Entscheidungskompetenzen ] zur Lösung komplexer Probleme

 

Taskleiste

Task leis te Substantiv, feminin EDV , die |T a skleiste |Bereich am Rand des Bildschirms, in dem die jeweils laufenden Programme angezeigt werden

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

task

task /tæsk |tɑːsk /〖語源は 「税金 (tax )の代わりに課せられた仕事 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-s /C (やるべき )仕事 , 任務, 課業, 作業 (!通例困難な仕事をさす; →work 類義 ) ▸ the task of gathering data [raising a child ]データ収集の作業 [子育ての務め ]▸ perform specific tasks 特別な任務を遂行する ▸ It is no [not an ] easy task .容易なことではない, 骨の折れることだ t à ke A to t á sk «…のことで » A 〈人 〉をとがめる, しかる, 非難する «for, about, over » .動詞 他動詞 1 〈仕事などが 〉〈人の体など 〉の重い負担となる, …を酷使する .2 〈人 〉に «…の » 仕事を課す «with » .～́ f ò rce 1 〘軍 〙(特殊任務を果たす )機動部隊 .2 特別研究班, 特別対策本部 .

 

taskmaster

t á sk m à ster 名詞 C 〖通例a hard [tough, stern ] ～〗きつい仕事を課す人, 厳しい主人 [監督者 ](｟男女共用 ｠supervisor, boss ).