multitask

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adjective

Handling or involving multiple tasks at once.

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Meanings

adjective

alternative multi-task

  1. Handling or involving multiple tasks at once.
verbmultitask (third-person singular simple present multitasks, present participle multitasking, simple past and past participle multitasked)

present singular third person multitasks · participle present multitasking · participle past multitasked · past multitasked · alternative multi-task

  1. computingTo schedule and execute multiple tasks (program) simultaneously; control being passed from one to the other using interrupts.
  2. figurativelyTo handle multiple tasks at once.

Origin

From multi- + task. The adjectival sense in computing first appears c. 1965 in the publications of B.I. Witt. The verbal sense first appears c. 1986 in the Daily Telegraph.

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Translations

Russian многозада́чный
  • многозада́чный (mnogozadáčnyj)Translations
Spanish realizar múltiples tareas simultáneamente, ejecutar multitareas
  • realizar múltiples tareas simultáneamenteTranslations
  • ejecutar multitareasTranslations
  • simultanearTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

multitask. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multitask

MLA

“multitask.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multitask. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multitask,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multitask.

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