task force

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English

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task force

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• taskforce, task-force

Pronunciation

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Noun

task force (plural task forces)

1. (business, government, military) A group of people working towards a particular task, project, or activity, especially assigned in a particular capacity.

   The CEO's task force developed a thoroughgoing marketing strategy for the new product line.

Translations

group working towards a particular task

Chinese: Mandarin: (in the military) 特遣部隊 / 特遣部队 (tèqiǎn bùduì), 特遣部队 (tèqiǎn bùduì), (any special team) 特別工作組 / 特别工作组 (tèbié gōngzuòzǔ), (research group) 研究小組 / 研究小组 (yánjiū xiǎozǔ), (special investigation group) 專案組 / 专案组 (zh) (zhuān'ànzǔ) Dutch: werkgroep (nl) m or f, taakgroep (nl) m or f, taskforce (nl) m Faroese: arbeiðsbólkur m (any special team) Finnish: työryhmä (fi), toimikunta (fi), erikoisyksikkö (military) French: force opérationnelle (fr) f, groupe de travail m German: Arbeitsgruppe (de) f (any special team), Einsatztruppe f, Eingreiftruppe f (military), Taskforce (de) f, Einsatzabteilung f, Einsatzmannschaft f, Einsatzkommando n, Sondereinheit f, Spezialeinheit (de) f, Einsatzverband m Indonesian: satuan tugas (id), gugus tugas Japanese: タスクフォース (ja) (tasukufōsu) Korean: 태스크포스 (taeseukeuposeu) Macedonian: работно тело n (rabotno telo), работна група f (rabotna grupa), оперативна група f (operativna grupa) Malay: pasukan petugas Polish: jednostka (pl) f Portuguese: força-tarefa (pt) f, mutirão (pt) Russian: специа́льная коми́ссия f (speciálʹnaja komíssija), специа́льная гру́ппа f (speciálʹnaja grúppa), (military) операти́вная гру́ппа f (operatívnaja grúppa), (military) экспедицио́нный ко́рпус (ru) m (ekspediciónnyj kórpus) Swedish: arbetsgrupp (sv) c, insatsstyrka c Vietnamese: tiểu ban chuyên trách, lực lượng đặc nhiệm Welsh: tasglu m

See also

• working group

References

• “task force”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English task force.

Noun

task force f (invariable)

1. task force