task
noun
a definite piece of work assigned to, falling to, or expected of a person; duty.
will task
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future tenseof task.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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A second order will task US officials with formulating a policy on transgender troops.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
The office of Poland's president Andrzej Duda said he will meet parliamentary party leaders next week as the nation waits to see who he will task with forming government.
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken determined on Monday that Mr. Gershkovich was wrongfully detained, a designation that elevates his case and will task a segment of the State Department with gaining his release.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 12, 2023
They will task the telescope with a range of inquiries: looking for ice-covered oceans on Uranus’s 27 moons, searching for elusive medium-size black holes, and resolving conflicting measurements of the expansion rate of the universe.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 11, 2021
We may at any moment be confronted with some hard duty which will task our utmost energy.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Alexander Maclaren
