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task
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English task, taske, from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin tax?re (“censure; charge”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??sk/
- (US) IPA(key): /tæsk/
- Rhymes: -æsk
Noun
task (plural tasks)
- A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
- The employee refused to complete the assignment, arguing that it was not one of the tasks listed in her job description.
- Any piece of work done.
- A difficult or tedious undertaking.
- An objective.
- (computing) A process or execution of a program.
Usage notes
- Adjectives often applied to "task": difficult, easy, simple, hard, tough, complex, not-so-easy, challenging, complicated, tricky, formidable, arduous, laborious, onerous, small, big, huge, enormous, tremendous, gigantic, mammoth, colossal, gargantuan, social, intellectual, theological, important, basic, trivial, unpleasant, demanding, pleasant, noble, painful, grim, responsible, rewarding, boring, ungrateful, delightful, glorious, agreeable.
Synonyms
- (piece of work): chore, job
- (difficult undertaking): undertaking
- (objective): objective, goal
- (process): process
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
task (third-person singular simple present tasks, present participle tasking, simple past and past participle tasked)
- (transitive) 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.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 1 scene 2
- All hail, great master! grave sir, hail! I come / To answer thy best pleasure; be't to fly, / To swim, to dive into the fire, to ride / On the curl'd clouds, to thy strong bidding task / Ariel and all his quality.
- c. 1693-1696, John Dryden, Last parting of Hector and Andromache: From the Sixth Book of Homer's Iliads
- There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
- (transitive) To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
- (transitive) To charge, as with a fault.
- Too impudent to task me with those errors.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
task
- Alternative form of taisch
Anagrams
- AKST, Kast, KTAS, askt, kast, kats, skat
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proxy
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p??k.si/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p??k.si/
- Rhymes: -?ksi
Etymology 1
Contraction of Anglo-Norman procuracie, from Medieval Latin procuratia, from Latin pr?c?r?ti?, from Latin pr?c?r? (“I manage, administer”) (English procure).
Adjective
proxy (not comparable)
- Used as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
Translations
Noun
proxy (plural proxies)
- An agent or substitute authorized to act for another person.
- Every peer […] may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence.
- The authority to act for another, especially when written.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- I have no man's proxy: I speak only for myself.
- 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- The written appointment of a proctor in suits in the ecclesiastical courts.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (sciences) A measurement of one physical quantity that is used as an indicator of the value of another
- (software) An interface for a service, especially for one that is remote, resource-intensive, or otherwise difficult to use directly.
Synonyms
- deputy
- substitute
- representative
- See also Thesaurus:deputy
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
proxy (third-person singular simple present proxies, present participle proxying, simple past and past participle proxied)
- To serve as a proxy for.
- 1983, Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, page 143
- In many of the studies we reviewed, it is common practice to use an observed variable to proxy for a relevant variable that could not be observed.
- 1983, Alfred Blumstein, National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Sentencing Research, Research on Sentencing: The Search for Reform, page 143
- (networking) To function as a server for a client device, but pass on the requests to another server for service.
Etymology 2
proximity + -y.
Noun
proxy (plural proxies)
- (video game slang) A proximity mine; a mine that explodes when something approaches within a certain distance.
- 2001, "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ [1]
- (Make sure you don't move!! Might trigger a proxy..!)
- 2001, "CyricZ", Perfect Dark: FAQ/Walkthrough [2]
- the only means the Protectors have of delaying is by laying mines and Sentry Guns, and the Runners can only use the Magnums to blow up Proxies and Sentries.
- 2002, "yc", Super Smash Bros.: Kirby [3]
- Usually, the only reason I play in Yoshi's Island is to have fun with the clouds - put proxies on them, taunt from them, whatever.
- 2006, "eatyourmumshead", Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Online Mode FAQ [4]
- You can also walk with your gun out, as this will limit your speed, allowing you do [sic] evade the proxies.
- 2001, "TripleRaid", Perfect Dark: Glitch FAQ [1]
Synonyms
- proxy mine
Italian
Noun
proxy m (invariable)
- (computing) proxy (interface program)
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English proxy.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?p??.ksi/
Noun
proxy m (plural proxies)
- (software) proxy (software serving as an interface for a service)
- Clipping of servidor proxy.
Turkish
Noun
proxy (definite accusative proxyi, plural proxyler)
- (computing) The proxy.
Declension
Synonyms
- vekil sunucu
- yetkili sunucu
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