job task chore | a 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 |
undertaking project task labor | any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, he prepared for great undertakings |
DIP switch dual inline package switch | (computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware, used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user |
divided highway dual carriageway | a highway divided down the middle by a barrier that separates traffic going in different directions, in Britain they call a divided highway a dual carriageway |
dual scan display | a type of passive matrix display in which the top and bottom half of the screen are refreshed simultaneously |
task force | a temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective |
task force | a semipermanent unit created to carry out a continuing task |
call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress down call down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast dcc | censure severely or angrily, The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car, The deputy ragged the Prime Minister, The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup |
tax task | use to the limit, you are taxing my patience |
task | assign a task to, I tasked him with looking after the children |
dual | a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural), ancient Greek had the dual form but it has merged with the plural form in modern Greek |
double dual duple | consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs, an egg with a double yolk, a double (binary) star, double doors, dual controls for pilot and copilot, duple (or double) time consists of two (or a multiple of two) beats to a measure |
double dual twofold two-fold treble threefold three-fold | having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities, a double (or dual) role for an actor, the office of a clergyman is twofold, public preaching and private influence- R.W.Emerson, every episode has its double and treble meaning-Frederick Harrison |
divided dual-lane | having a median strip or island between lanes of traffic moving in opposite directions, a divided highway |