subtask

noun

sub·​task ˈsəb-ˌtask 

variants or sub-task

plural subtasks or sub-tasks

: a task that is part of a more complex task

… I typed up a long list of every single task and even subtask I thought it would involve, from shopping for fixtures to picking up materials to installation.

—Matthew Vest

Examples of subtask in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This also includes tasks and subtasks that are manageable. —Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025

Barnett finds that 34 percent of tasks can be performed remotely, but only 13 percent of occupations have, as their top five most important subtasks, things that can all be done remotely. —Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018

One approach is to create subtasks by breaking the hard task into smaller steps. —Lukas Petersson, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024

Is anything not getting done? Break down each task into a list of subtasks. —Nerdwallet, Boston Herald, 23 Apr. 2024

Each subtask is tackled on its own merits, including by using specialized LLMs. —Noah Barsky, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023

Skipping a subtask or asking for a reset will knock the subtask point counter back down to zero. —IEEE Spectrum, 23 Jan. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for subtask

• unmask
• ask
• bask
• basque
• cask
• casque
• flask
• mask
• masque
• pasch
• task