multitask
To schedule and execute multiple tasks simultaneouslyTo schedule and execute multiple tasks (program) simultaneously; control being passed from one to the other using interrupts.
» I don't like multitasking.
Мне не нравится многозадачность.
Meaning
2 sensesTo schedule and execute multiple tasks (program) simultaneously; control being passed from one to the other using interrupts.
многозада́чныйmnogozadáčnyj
(figuratively)To handle multiple tasks at once.
Examples
10 sentencesI don't like multitasking.
ruМне не нравится многозадачность. — Balamax
I've tried to stop multitasking.
I'm pretty good at multitasking.
I'm not good at multitasking.
deIch kann nicht gut mehrere Aufgaben gleichzeitig erledigen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I always have to multitask here.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From multi- + task. The adjectival sense in computing first appears c. 1965 in the publicaFrom 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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Forms
multitasks, multitasking, multitasked, multitasked| Base form | multitask · to multitask |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | multitasks |
| Present participle | multitasking |
| Past simple | multitasked |
| Past participle | multitasked |
regular · Lesson
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle