chore
a boring, daily task
TRANSLATION
chore = die Routinearbeit, lästige Pflicht chores (household) = Hausarbeit --- GOOGLE INDEX chore: approximately 950,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Parents spend so much time at work, watching television or doing CHORES that they do not make time to talk to their children, a survey finds.
(BBC News)
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They shared the CHORES of living as some couples do - she did most of the work and he appreciated it.
- Paula Gosling, author
(BBC News)
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They shared the CHORES of living as some couples do - she did most of the work and he appreciated it.
- Paula Gosling, author
Did you
know?
chore
noun
- a routine task or job
- a difficult or disagreeable task
chores (plural)
- the regular or daily light work of a household or farm
(Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Chore (1746) is an American English variant of char, an old-fashioned British English verb that means to clean or tidy a house or office for payment (charlady/charwomen = a woman whose job is to clean and tidy an office or private house). Char in turn stems from the Middle English cherre, "odd job," and from the Old English cerr/cierr "turn, occasion."
As a potential alternative to the charlady, in 2007 engineers at MIT Humanoid Robotics Group developed a robot called Domo that can adapt to situations to assist people with everyday chores, everyday life, everyday work.
Cameras inside Domo's eyes enable him to see and adapt to his surroundings. Twenty-nine motors equipped with computer chips that run a dozen computers continuously update information. Although the robot's inventors say it might be decades before Domo is ready for tasks like cleaning, he can already do things like putting the groceries away on a shelf. It's a pity that Domo is not ready to do the shopping in addition.
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SYNONYMS
assignment, burden, duty, effort, errand, grind, housework, job, routine, scutwork, stint, task, trial, tribulation, workout
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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ANTONYMS
entertainment, pleasure, recreation
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Some people hate them, but I sometimes find daily chores quite relaxing"
noun
- a routine task or job
- a difficult or disagreeable task
chores (plural)
- the regular or daily light work of a household or farm
(Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary)
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WORD ORIGIN
Chore (1746) is an American English variant of char, an old-fashioned British English verb that means to clean or tidy a house or office for payment (charlady/charwomen = a woman whose job is to clean and tidy an office or private house). Char in turn stems from the Middle English cherre, "odd job," and from the Old English cerr/cierr "turn, occasion."
As a potential alternative to the charlady, in 2007 engineers at MIT Humanoid Robotics Group developed a robot called Domo that can adapt to situations to assist people with everyday chores, everyday life, everyday work.
Cameras inside Domo's eyes enable him to see and adapt to his surroundings. Twenty-nine motors equipped with computer chips that run a dozen computers continuously update information. Although the robot's inventors say it might be decades before Domo is ready for tasks like cleaning, he can already do things like putting the groceries away on a shelf. It's a pity that Domo is not ready to do the shopping in addition.
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SYNONYMS
assignment, burden, duty, effort, errand, grind, housework, job, routine, scutwork, stint, task, trial, tribulation, workout
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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ANTONYMS
entertainment, pleasure, recreation
(Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus)
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Some people hate them, but I sometimes find daily chores quite relaxing"
