chore

noun \ ˈchȯr \

|Updated on: 13 Jul 2018

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Examples: chore in a Sentence

Definition of chore

1 chores plural : the regular or daily light work of a household or farm

2 : a routine task or job

The children were each assigned household chores.

3 : a difficult or disagreeable task

doing taxes can be a real chore

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Examples of chore in a Sentence

The children were each assigned different household chores.
I liked the simple chore of bringing in the firewood.
Doing taxes can be a real chore.
That movie is a chore to sit through.

Recent Examples of chore from the Web

But Cousins also has an innate sense for where the basket is at all times and a feathery touch that makes watching him in the paint anything but a chore.

— nathaniel friedman, GQ, "Boogie Cousins Heads for the Bay," 3 July 2018
Schultz, now executive director, used her banking background to free Tynes to handle artistic chores.

— lawrence toppman, charlotteobserver, "The theater company with a wishbone, a funny bone and a backbone," 3 July 2018
One day while going about chores in the neighborhood, some 15 gang members approached and raped her.

— alice driver, Longreads, "The Road to Asylum," 30 June 2018
Letting go of each other was, and remains, a chore.

— mac engel, star-telegram, "They lost their parents in a murder-suicide. Now the Durrett Foundation is stepping up," 26 June 2018
Focus on indoor chores or find some family fun that takes you inside.

— Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "What you need to know to stay safe and cool during this weekend’s heat wave," 15 June 2018
Offered as an amenity at luxury apartment buildings, Hello Alfred sends a real-life human to perform household chores at a client’s home.

— WSJ, "Is There a Future Perfect?," 10 May 2018
It's been in orbit, grabbing cargo capsules and performing other chores, since 2001.

— marcia dunn, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Spacewalking astronauts give new hand to robot arm," 24 Jan. 2018
But taking on extra chores, like emptying the dishwasher, can keep an infected roommate from planting his or her virus on utensils and glasses that end up in your mouth.

— elizabeth narins, Cosmopolitan, "Here’s Everything You Can Possibly Do to Avoid Getting the Flu," 22 Jan. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of chore

alteration of chare

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First Known Use: 1746

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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chore Synonyms

Synonym Discussion of chore

task, duty, job, chore, stint, assignment mean a piece of work to be done. task implies work imposed by a person in authority or an employer or by circumstance.