everyday task

collocation in English

meaningsofeverydayandtask

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everyday
adjective
uk
/ˈev.ri.deɪ/
us
/ˈev.ri.deɪ/
ordinary, typical, ...
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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 ofeverydayandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofeveryday task

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As aneverydaytaskin practice that typically resides within three dimensions, our survey-in-residence asks if design can be directly informed by, and respond to, dynamic conditions.
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It seems that such activities are grounded in theeverydaytaskof parenting—but they go way beyond that.
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Everyday tasks such as reading for meaning, speech production or translation require other more complex schemas.
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Accordingly, we asked seniors specifically about their ability to perform a wide range of household-based everyday tasks involving physical activity.
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This group included old persons in need of help for almost all their everyday tasks.
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It is against this ideological backdrop that students take to their learning and everyday tasks.
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The everyday tasks of primates are plausibly envisaged in such terms.
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For instance, formal organisations have superior technical knowledge and greater human resources, while informal networks are better able to help with unpredictable everyday tasks.
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Behind this wooden partition, people slept; in front was the 'drawing room', where various everyday tasks were performed.
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Additional training in the use of the hand is performed using standard everyday tasks.
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Exercises are individualized and focus on improving postural alignment and orientation, developing strategies for recovery of balance, improving anticipatory postural adjustments before voluntary movements and improving balance during everyday tasks.
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Incredibly, within a fortnight, she was well, could cope with everyday tasks, and lived for another four years.
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The level of people's resources should not, however, alter the assessment of the sort of help that they need with everyday tasks.
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But imagine a man in his forties suffering from multiple sclerosis who needs a lot of help to carry out everyday tasks.
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I refer only to the everyday tasks that we all take for granted but which others cannot perform.
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The tasks involved are often basic, everyday tasks: regulating parking, regulating street cleaning, licensing, and so on.
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Financial penalties and even criminal charges are imposed upon innocent business men going about their usual everyday tasks.
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