specific task

collocation in English

meaningsofspecificandtask

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specific
adjective
uk
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
us
/spəˈsɪf.ɪk/
relating to one thing and not ...
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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 ofspecificandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspecific task

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Agents that fulfil the capability requirements are determined to playspecifictask-dependent roles.
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The student composers are given thespecifictaskof musically portraying each of the clubs.
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It is clear, concise and apposite to thespecifictaskof the work.
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The choice is made by the programmer implementing aspecifictask.
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It is thatspecifictaskthat is considered in this paper.
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This then provides an opportunity to examine how children apply knowledge inspecifictaskcontexts.
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Typically, each component in a system is selected by the designer to perform aspecifictask.
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Therefore, the effective processing capacity of nodes (as seen by aspecifictask) is variable.
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The data also suggest that polynomy is not elicited by veryspecifictaskdemands.
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Thespecifictaskof old age is to review and critique one's life.
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Ourspecifictaskin this domain is the identification of student essays which are "off-topic", or not written to the test question topic.
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These requirements are matched by parallel architectures much more easily than by the serial ones when aspecifictaskmanipulator is designed.
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However, mechanical manipulators have finite positioning accuracy,5 and the external load does vary while performing aspecifictask.
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Subjects then started the computer program, which gave morespecifictaskinformation and also included a practice task.
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The walk continued with invitations to make their way to a destination or to undertake aspecifictask.
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For example, during the course of a dialogue for aspecifictask, a user may utter a new intent (speech act) and deviate from the previously stated goal.
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Depending on thespecifictask, the personal agent will take either the role of knowledge seeker or knowledge owner.
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In a nonliving system, the instructions regulating the system's output are designed by the system's engineer to fit the demands of aspecifictaskor environment.
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This is an activity which, although concerned with aspecifictask, takes place outside the classroom altogether.
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They therefore confine the scope of structural change to aspecifictaskenvironment and limit the extent of institutional change.
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