From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtask forceˈtask force noun [countable] 1 SSOGROUP OF PEOPLEa group formed for a short time to deal with a particular problemtask force on a task force on health care reform2 PMa military force sent to a place for a special purpose
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task force• The city of Portland and a task force created by Gov.• a government task force on urban education• So the league set up a second task force, to examine the quality issue.• Sanitation: A special task force shall be assigned to clean up all vacant lots and trashed areas throughout the deprived areas.• But, no, the Secretary of State decided to make him joint vice-chairman of his standards task force.• The task force met for the first time in November.From Longman Business Dictionarytask forceˈtask force [countable] a group formed for a short time to deal with a particular problemManagement gave a task force only five months to do two years of research-and-development work. → force 