ADJ
awesome, challenging, daunting, enormous, formidable, great, Herculean, huge, mammoth, massive, monumental | arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, exhausting, hard, laborious, onerous, stiff, time-consuming, tough, uphill | dangerous, hazardous
basic, easy, simple, small
Learning to drive requires patience, as passing the test is no simple task.
menial, mundane, repetitive, tedious | complex, mind-boggling | delicate, tricky | fruitless, hopeless, impossible | daily, day-to-day, routine
central, fundamental, important, main, major, primary, principal
The main task is to finish the report before Friday afternoon.
essential, vital | immediate, urgent | enviable, pleasant | thankless, unenviable, unpleasant | administrative, domestic, household, manual | self-appointed, self-imposed
VERB + TASK
take on, take upon yourself, undertake
She decided to undertake the difficult task of organizing the community garden project.
approach, get to grips with, tackle
She decided to approach the task methodically by breaking it into smaller steps.
carry out, do, fulfil, get on with, perform
She needs to carry out the difficult task of organizing all the files before Friday.
accomplish, complete, succeed in | cope with | fail in
allocate, assign (sb), delegate, entrust sb with, give sb, set sb
The manager assigned each team member a specific task for the project deadline.
be charged with, be faced with, have
He has the difficult task of managing the project while everyone is on vacation.
be engaged in
She is engaged in the difficult task of learning to drive a car.
help sb with
be suited/unsuited to
Sarah's artistic skills made her perfectly suited to the task of designing the new office logo.
TASK + VERB
require sth
This difficult project requires patience and teamwork from everyone involved.
fall to sb
The difficult task of organizing the office move fell to Sarah last month.
confront sb, face sb
The new manager faced a difficult task when she arrived at the struggling company.
PREP
~ for
Learning a new language is a challenging task for most adults.
~ in
Learning to read is an important task in early childhood development.
PHRASES
the task ahead
Planning carefully will help us manage the difficult task ahead.
the task in hand
Let me focus on what we need to do right now instead of worrying about next week.
ADJ
special | government, presidential, etc. | naval, police, etc. | health, housing, etc.
VERB + TASK FORCE
create, establish, form, set up | lead
TASK FORCE + NOUN
team
PREP
~ on
The school created a task on environmental issues for the students to complete together.