task force
noun
Navy, Military.
a temporary grouping of units under one commander, formed for the purpose of carrying out a specific operation or mission.
a group or committee, usually of experts or specialists, formed for analyzing, investigating, or solving a specific problem.
Origin of task force
First recorded in 1940–45
Words nearby task force
tashi lama,
tashkent,
tashlikh,
tasimeter,
task,
task force,
task-oriented,
taskbar,
taskmaster,
taskmistress,
taskwork
Example sentences from the Web for task force
Tom had plotted a concentric search pattern, focused on the probable position worked out by the task-force computers.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung |Victor AppletonThey knew that there was a fleet in being which had fought and annihilated a Mekinese task-force many times its size.
Talents, Incorporated |William Fitzgerald JenkinsTom immediately contacted Art Wiltessa and the task-force ships.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung |Victor Appleton"I gather the Colonel's task-force was becoming insistent," I prompted him.
Lone Star Planet |Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
British Dictionary definitions for task force
task force
noun
a temporary grouping of military units formed to undertake a specific mission
any semipermanent organization set up to carry out a continuing task