The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - taskn.

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.