simple task

collocation in English

meaningsofsimpleandtask

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simple
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪm.pəl/
us
/ˈsɪm.pəl/
easy to understand or do; ...
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task
noun
uk
/tɑːsk/
us
/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofsimpleandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsimple task

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Resolving philosophical confusion, bringing language home from its sojourns, is nosimpletask.
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Numerical computation by means of (5.4) is not asimpletask.
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To design a control algorithm based on this model is thus not asimpletask.
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This, however, was by no means asimpletask.
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Identifying the children who may have multiple debilitating problems is not asimpletask.
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All participants were able to complete thissimpletaskwithout difficulty.
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In the following the simulation results for thesimpletaskare shown.
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Administrative work-ow systems involve repetitive, predictable processes withsimpletaskcoordination rules.
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Construction of a partition of unity is a relativelysimpletask.
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Changing a light bulb is asimpletaskthat may become increasingly difficult with older age.
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Consider the ostensiblysimpletaskof bringing the fingertip to a point in extra-personal space.
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It is asimpletaskwith color pictures taken from magazines.
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It is a verysimpletask, however, to obtain solutions by analogue computation (or numerical integration).
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We should emphasize that improving longterm outcomes of bipolar disorder is not asimpletask.
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In thissimpletaskscenario the workspace has a cup and a straw.
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What accounts for pigeons' and people's differing responses to thissimpletask?
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The econometric identification of the effect of aggregate risk on idiosyncratic risk is not asimpletask, for various reasons, including the availability of accurate data.
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Simpler living is nosimpletaskto achieve.
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Demonstrating codevelopment is not asimpletask.
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Because phoneme recognition is a relativelysimpletask, we expect to find above-chance scores in the absence of literacy.
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