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on task

on task prepositional phrase: engaged in an activity or job.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Engaged in an activity or job.
    • In other words, it may be important in a parent meeting to report the fact that their child was on task 30% of the time observed, while the comparison student was on task 85% of the time observed.2005, Steven W. Lee, Encyclopedia of School Psychology, page 92

Questions about on task

What does on task mean?
On task means engaged in an activity or job.
What part of speech is on task?
On task is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on task in the dictionary

  1. on tag
  2. on talking terms
  3. on tap
  4. on tape
  5. on target
  6. on task
  7. on television
  8. on tender hooks
  9. on tenterhooks
  10. on tenters
  11. on terms with

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