microtask

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noun

A very small or simple task.

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Meanings

nounmicrotask (plural microtasks)

plural microtasks

  1. A very small or simple task.

    Amazon Mechanical Turk is a web marketplace for crowdsourcing microtasks, such as answering surveys and image tagging.

    2015 September 19, “Lessons Learned from Crowdsourcing Complex Engineering Tasks”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From micro- + task.

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APA

microtask. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtask

MLA

“microtask.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtask. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “microtask,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/microtask.

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