task

/tæsk/

IPA: /T AE1 S K/

noun
  1. 1

    A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.

  2. 2

    A difficult or tedious undertaking.

  3. 3

    An objective.

  4. 4

    A process or execution of a program.

    The user killed the frozen task.

verb
  1. 1

    To assign a task to, or impose a task on.

    On my first day in the office, I was tasked with sorting a pile of invoices.

  2. 2

    To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.

  3. 3

    To charge, as with a fault.

noun
  1. 1

    Second sight; the involuntary ability of seeing the future or distant events.

  2. 2

    The sound of the voice of a person about to die, heard supernaturally by somebody not present at the scene.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/task