tasks

Part of Speech:

All (2) Noun (1) Verb (1)

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job or chore, often assigned n.
assign, burden v.

NOUN

job or chore, often assigned

Synonyms

STRONGEST

assignment burden business duty effort exercise function project responsibility undertaking work

STRONG

bother calling charge employment enterprise errand gig grind grindstone headache labor load millstone mission nuisance occupation office onus pain province stint strain tax toil trouble vocation

WEAK

daily grind deadweight fun and games long row to hoe

Antonyms

STRONGEST

irresponsibility

STRONG

aid benefit blessing entertainment fun good health happiness health help hobby idleness inactivity pastime pleasure unemployment

VERB

assign, burden

Synonyms

STRONG

charge encumber entrust exhaust lade load oppress overload push saddle strain tax test weary weigh weight

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assist exonerate help unburden

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tasks

One of the first tasks is gaining a precise understanding of the herd’s population size and birth trends.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

The data was then fed into Claude and other large language models for tasks such as identifying potential military targets.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

A fall can rob older people of the very independence that they are trying to preserve by carrying out those tasks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Siri AI can do a lot more than old Siri, but it couldn’t take on any of the tasks I threw at the others.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

And any books on previous impossible tasks were housed in a forbidden section, which you needed special permission to access.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega