Task
Meaning of Task
A piece of work to be done or undertaken.
ما معنى كلمة Task بالعربي؟
مهمة أو واجب
📋✅ مهمة أو واجب مُحدد يجب إنجازه في وقت مُعين بمواصفات واضحة؛ عمل مُوكل لشخص مُعين ليقوم بتنفيذه حسب المطلوب والمُتوقع منه؛ تكليف رسمي بأداء نشاط أو تحقيق هدف مُحدد ضمن إطار زمني مُحدد؛ مسؤولية شخصية تتطلب التركيز والجهد والالتزام لإتمامها بنجاح؛ تحدي عملي يُختبر قدرات الشخص ومهاراته في تحقيق النتائج المطلوبة ✅🎯
قصة GL: حول نايف العيسى فقدان الذاكرة من مُشكلة إلى مهمة شخصية للتطوير، وجعل كل يوم تكليف جديد لتحفيز HBDNF، وقسم رحلة التعافي لـمهام يومية في منصة Genetic G Learning، وأنجز واجب مُساعدة الآخرين في Organic G Brain 📝
Synonyms & related words
Task in a sentence
Each daily task in the protocol was logged by the researchers.
A clear task list keeps the launch on schedule.
The task of drafting the claims was given to counsel.
The task for today is five new words.
Origin of Task
From Old North French tasque, from Medieval Latin tasca 'tax, duty'.
In the Genetic Learning (GL) context
In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, task is the unit of the 43-day protocol. Genetic Invent breaks learning into small daily tasks.
Task audio micro-course (transcript)
Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning
Narrator: Today's word is at the heart of every to-do list — Task.
Narrator: Task, /tɑːsk/, is a noun and a verb. A task is a piece of work to be done — usually specific, defined, and often assigned by someone or set yourself.
Narrator: It comes through Old French tasche from Latin taxa, meaning a tax or imposed duty. A task began as a fixed amount of work owed — and that sense of a set job remains.
Narrator: A task is more defined than vague work — clean the kitchen, send the email, finish the report. Each is one clear, completable task.
Narrator: As a verb, to be tasked with something means to be given it as a duty — She was tasked with organising the event. A bit formal, but very common at work.
Narrator: It runs through everyday phrases — a daily task, a difficult task, a task force, and to take someone to task, meaning to scold them firmly.
Narrator: In register, task is everyday and neutral — equally at home in a casual to-do list and a formal work brief or project plan.
Narrator: At its heart, a task is one defined job — a clear piece of work, waiting to be ticked off.
Read podcasts 2 and 3
Podcast 2 — In conversation
Speaker A: I've got a huge list of tasks today — reply to emails, book the meeting room, finish that report. One task at a time, though.
Speaker B: That's the spirit. That's task exactly — a specific piece of work to be done. Much clearer than just saying I have lots of work.
Speaker A: Yes, breaking it into tasks helps. And at work they say you've been tasked with something, don't they?
Speaker B: They do — to be tasked with something means it's been given to you as a duty. She was tasked with leading the project. A touch formal, very common.
Speaker A: And there's that phrase, to take someone to task — that's quite different.
Speaker B: Yes — to take someone to task means to scold them, to tell them off firmly. And a task force is a team set up for one specific job.
Speaker A: So many uses. Now, people sometimes confuse task with chore, don't they?
Speaker B: They do — and there's a flavour difference. A chore is a routine, often dull domestic job — washing up, taking out the bins. A task is broader and more neutral, not necessarily boring.
Speaker A: Ah, chore feels dull, task is neutral. What about assignment?
Speaker B: An assignment is a task formally given to you, often in study or work, usually larger. A task can be tiny — one quick thing. An assignment tends to be a bigger, set piece.
Speaker A: So task is the word for one defined job — a clear piece of work, ready to be ticked off.
Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering
Speaker B: Today we use the word task in AI prompts — it is one of the most useful words in software, perfect for to-do apps, project tools, schedulers, and workflow systems.
Speaker A: I like it because task is precise and universal — the AI instantly thinks of a single unit of work with a status, a due date, and an owner.
Speaker B: Exactly. Let us start with a database scenario:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Design a task database for a to-do app — store each task's title, status, due date, priority, and owner, and index status and due date so today's tasks load instantly.
Speaker A: That is clear. A task table with status, due date, and owner covers everything a to-do app needs.
Speaker B: Now a UI scenario:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Build a task board with three columns — to-do, doing, and done — let users drag a task between columns, and show each task as a card with its title, due date, and owner.
Speaker A: A drag-and-drop task board with to-do, doing, and done — exactly how teams like to work.
Speaker B: Here is an automation scenario:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Add a reminder that fires when a task is overdue — check each task's due date daily, flag any overdue task in red, and send the owner a gentle nudge to finish it.
Speaker A: An overdue-task reminder that nudges the owner — keeps nothing slipping through. What about a full app?
Speaker B: A full-app prompt next, short and memorable:
Speaker B: PROMPT: Create a team task manager — assign each task to a member, group tasks by project, track progress with a simple bar, and celebrate when every task in a project is done.
Speaker A: A team task manager that celebrates a finished project — motivating and clear. One more, perhaps for analytics?
Speaker B: PROMPT: Build a productivity dashboard that counts completed tasks — show tasks finished per day, the average time to close a task, and who cleared the most tasks this week.
Speaker A: The word task in every prompt signals one clear unit of work to track, assign, and complete.
Speaker B: That is the lesson. A precise word like task tells the AI exactly the unit of work you want modelled. Memorable, and easy to recall.
Frequently asked questions about Task
What does Task mean?
A piece of work to be done or undertaken.
ما معنى كلمة Task بالعربي؟
مهمة أو واجب — 📋✅ مهمة أو واجب مُحدد يجب إنجازه في وقت مُعين بمواصفات واضحة؛ عمل مُوكل لشخص مُعين ليقوم بتنفيذه حسب المطلوب والمُتوقع منه؛ تكليف رسمي بأداء نشاط أو تحقيق هدف مُحدد ضمن إطار زمني مُحدد؛ مسؤولية شخصية تتطلب التركيز والجهد والالتزام لإتمامها بنجاح؛ تحدي عملي يُختبر قدرات الشخص ومهاراته في تحقيق النتائج المطلوبة ✅🎯
How do you pronounce Task?
Task is pronounced /tɑːsk/ and is used as a noun / verb.
How is Task used in a sentence?
Each daily task in the protocol was logged by the researchers.
What are synonyms of Task?
job, duty, assignment, chore, mission, undertaking.