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Meaning of chore in English
Pronunciation
/tʃɔr/
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Noun
chore
Etymology
mid 18th century (originally dialect and US): variant of obsolete char or chare (see charwoman)
Definitions
1.
a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
Examples
« estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars »
« the job of repairing the engine took several hours »
« the endless task of classifying the sampl »