task force

See also: taskforce and task-force

English

Alternative forms

• taskforce, task-force

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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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.

   A naval task force has been sent to the area.

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