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tahas [tá.has.] : mission (n.); task (v.)

Derivatives of tahas


Glosses:
mission
n. (group)1. foreign mission, mission, missionary post, missionary stationan organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work.
~ ngo, nongovernmental organizationan organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government.
n. (act)2. military mission, missionan operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters.; "the planes were on a bombing mission"
~ military operation, operationactivity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign).; "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
~ combat missiona mission to capture or defend something.
~ search missiona mission to discover something.
~ search and destroy missionan operation developed for United States troops in Vietnam; troops would move through a designated area destroying troops as they found them.
~ direct supporta mission requiring one force to support another specific force and authorizing it to answer directly the supported force's request for assistance.
~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machinethe military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
n. (act)3. charge, commission, missiona special assignment that is given to a person or group.; "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"
~ assignment, duty assignmenta duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).; "hazardous duty"
~ fool's erranda fruitless mission.
~ mission impossiblean extremely dangerous or difficult mission.
~ martyr operation, sacrifice operation, suicide missionkilling or injuring others while annihilating yourself; usually accomplished with a bomb.
n. (act)4. mission, missionary workthe organized work of a religious missionary.
~ workactivity directed toward making or doing something.; "she checked several points needing further work"
~ da'wah, dawahmissionary work for Islam.
n. (group)5. commission, delegacy, delegation, deputation, missiona group of representatives or delegates.
~ organization, organisationa group of people who work together.
~ diplomatic missiona mission serving diplomatic ends.
~ embassyan ambassador and his entourage collectively.
task
n. (act)1. labor, project, task, undertakingany piece of work that is undertaken or attempted.; "he prepared for great undertakings"
~ child's play, cinch, duck soup, piece of cake, breeze, picnic, pushover, walkover, snapany undertaking that is easy to do.; "marketing this product will be no picnic"
~ workactivity directed toward making or doing something.; "she checked several points needing further work"
~ adventure, dangerous undertaking, escapade, risky venturea wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful).
~ assignmentan undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor).
~ babya project of personal concern to someone.; "this project is his baby"
~ endeavor, endeavour, enterprisea purposeful or industrious undertaking (especially one that requires effort or boldness).; "he had doubts about the whole enterprise"
~ labor of love, labour of loveproductive work performed voluntarily without material reward or compensation.
~ endurance contest, marathonany long and arduous undertaking.
~ no-braineranything that requires little thought.
~ propositiona task to be dealt with.; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"
~ large order, tall ordera formidable task or requirement.; "finishing in time was a tall order but we did it"
~ ventureany venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome.
~ manhattan projectcode name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II.
n. (act)2. chore, job, taska specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee.; "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores"
~ dutywork that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons.; "the duties of the job"
~ ball-breaker, ball-bustera job or situation that is demanding and arduous and punishing.; "Vietnam was a ball-breaker"
~ stintan individual's prescribed share of work.; "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"
~ scut work, shitworktrivial, unrewarding, tedious, dirty, and disagreeable chores.; "the hospital hired him to do scut work"
v. (social)3. taskassign a task to.; "I tasked him with looking after the children"
~ assign, delegate, designate, deputegive an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person).
v. (consumption)4. task, taxuse to the limit.; "you are taxing my patience"
~ strain, extenduse to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity.; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"