What is the English word for task?

The English word for task is task.

English [tɑ?sk]American [t?sk]

n. task, work

vt. to give someone (a task), to make do hard work

It is an irksome task. It is an irksome task.

Task Usage

1, task means "work, task, errand", refers to the stipulated things that must be accomplished, often used to refer to the more difficult, stressful, heavy or boring work, can refer to the assigned work, can also refer to the voluntary work, is a countable noun.

2, task can be followed by "of + v -ing" structure as a determiner.