TASK

n. 1 duty, assignment, business, job, charge, stint, mission, work, chore, undertaking It will be your task to keep the others working 2 (major) effort, test (of strength), piece of work, struggle, strain Getting him to do anything at all was quite a task 3 take to task. scold, reprimand, call to account, blame, censure, recriminate, reproach, reprove, rebuke, criticize, lecture, upbraid, chide, reprehend I was taken to task for failing to notify the police of the break-in