multitask

[muhl-tee-task, -tahsk, muhl-tahy-]

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verb (used without object)

Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
(of one person) to perform two or more tasks simultaneously.

Origin of multitask

First recorded in 1960–65; multi-+ task

Related formsmul·ti·task·er, nounmul·ti·task·ing, mul·ti-task·ing, noun

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Related Words for multitask

juggle, balance, syndicate, aggregate

Examples from the Web for multitask

Contemporary Examples of multitask

This is true of all technology: the more advanced it becomes, the more we are forced to multitask and adapt to choice overload.
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March 12, 2014
“We multitask, something all women learn to do,” she said Thursday.
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May 17, 2013
We live with the show every day (a state I call Hungland), multitask like lunatics, work crazy long hours, blah blah blah.
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Colette Burson
September 30, 2011
The multitask gene is obviously linked to the X chromosome, because I know of no men who carry the trait.
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Laura Bennett
January 29, 2009

British Dictionary definitions for multitask

multitask

verb (intr)

to work at several different tasks simultaneously

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