n. Function: noun
1 a piece of work assigned or to be done FF1C; laboratory tasks assigned to chemistry students FF1E;
Synonyms: assignment, chare, chore, devoir, duty, job, stint
Related Words: enterprise, project, undertaking; errand, labor, toil, work; charge, function, mission, office, province; business, calling, employment, occupation, vocation
2 a necessary undertaking that is usually difficult, dull, disagreeable, or problematic FF1C; deciphering his handwriting is a real task FF1E;
Synonyms: chore, effort, job, taskwork
Related Words: burden, onus, strain, tax; bother, headache, nuisance, pain, trouble
Idioms: a hard ( or long) row to hoe
Contrasted Words: child's play, cinch, duck soup, picnic, ||pipe, sinecure, snap
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Synonyms: LOAD 3, burden, charge, deadweight, duty, millstone, onus, tax, weight