1. (

• undertaking ,
• project ,
• task ,
• labor ,

) any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he prepared for great undertakings" ;

2. (

• job ,
• task ,
• chore

) a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" ;

1. (

• task

) assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children" ;

2. (

• tax ,
• task

) use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" ;