tasking

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noun

A task; an assigned item of work.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of task
nountasking (plural taskings)

plural taskings

  1. governmentA task; an assigned item of work.

    Action officers receive taskings in many ways. A top boss will grab you in the hall and tell you to do something, some key official will give you multiple taskings right in the middle of your briefing, and you will pick up taskings in staff meetings […]

    2007, Perry M. Smith, Daniel M. Gerstein, Assignment: Pentagon: How to Excel in a Bureaucracy

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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