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call to task en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of take to task.
    • They have transgressed the king's explicit orders, and fear that now they will be called to task, certainly censured, perhaps thrown into prison or even executed for their disobedience. 2008, Shera Aranoff Tuchman, Sandra E. Rapoport, Moses' Women, →ISBN, page 25:
  2. Focus attention on and motivate to do the work at hand.
    • Bold, swift action is required to call to task a variety of stakeholders—from academia to service providers, from professionals to lay health workers. 2010, Allan Formicola, Lourdes Hernandez-Cordero, Mobilizing the Community for Better Health, →ISBN, page 261:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
calls to task Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
called to task Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
called to task Tense=Past lexicographic
calling to task Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic