an easy task

  • 1Easy — Eas y, a. [Compar. {Easier}; superl. {Easiest}.] [OF. aisi[ e], F. ais[ e], prop. p. p. of OF. aisier. See {Ease}, v. t.] 1. At ease; free from pain, trouble, or constraint; as: (a) Free from pain, distress, toil, exertion, and the like; quiet;… …

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  • 2easy — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get ▪ Life is getting easier for us. ▪ …

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  • 3task — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awesome, challenging, daunting, enormous, formidable, great, Herculean, huge, mammoth (esp. BrE), massive …

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  • 4task — task1 W1S2 [ta:sk US tæsk] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old North French; Origin: tasque, from Medieval Latin tasca tax or service to be done for a ruler , from taxare to tax ] 1.) a piece of work that must be done, especially one that is difficult or… …

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  • 5easy — [[t]i͟ːzi[/t]] ♦ easier, easiest 1) ADJ GRADED: oft it v link ADJ to inf, ADJ to inf If a job or action is easy, you can do it without difficulty or effort, because it is not complicated and causes no problems. The shower is easy to install... It …

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  • 6easy, easily — These words are not interchangeable in standard speech and writing. Easily is an adverb; easy is an adjective. Such expressions as Take it easy, Go easy, and Travel easy by bus are informal, although widely used. Examples of standard use: This is …

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  • 7Easy wicket — 1. (cricket) pitch of slow pace which favours the batsmen; 2. easy task; comfortable position in life: The manager is on an easy wicket here …

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  • 8easy wicket — Australian Slang 1. (cricket) pitch of slow pace which favours the batsmen; 2. easy task; comfortable position in life: The manager is on an easy wicket here …

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  • 9easy pickings — an easy task or job, a piece of cake    It was a multiple choice test easy pickings if you studied …

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  • 10easy wicket — /izi ˈwɪkət/ (say eezee wikuht) noun 1. Cricket a pitch of slow pace which favours the person batting. 2. Colloquial an easy task; a comfortable position in life: the manager is on an easy wicket here …