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call to task

call to task verb: focus attention on and motivate to do the work at hand. Also the alternative form of take to task.

Verb

call to task (third-person singular simple present calls to task, present participle calling to task, simple past and past participle called to task)

  1. 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

Also used as

call to task is also the alternative form of take to task.

Forms of call to task

third-person singular presentcalls to task
present participlecalling to task
past participlecalled to task
pastcalled to task

Questions about call to task

What does call to task mean?
Call to task means focus attention on and motivate to do the work at hand.
What part of speech is call to task?
Call to task is a verb.
What is the past tense of call to task?
The past tense of call to task is called to task.

Words near call to task in the dictionary

  1. call to action
  2. call to arms
  3. call to mind
  4. call to order
  5. call to prayer
  6. call to task
  7. call to the bar
  8. call together
  9. call tree
  10. call trees
  11. call up

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