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Definition of multitask in English: multitaskverb ˈmʌltɪtɑːsk [no object]1(of a person) deal with more than one task at the same time. parenting skills such as multitasking and concentrating amid distractions are easily transferable to the workplace Example sentencesExamples - He was always multitasking and thinking of better ways to do things.
- When you're multitasking at full tilt, balance is one of the first things to suffer.
- I've heard some women claim that men do not multitask well… I think I do pretty well where that is concerned, but to a point.
- She claims that she can multitask mindless tasks while she gives full attention to our conversation.
- They don't multitask as much as younger generations do, preferring to engage in one medium at a time, but they haven't abandoned the media habits they developed growing up even as they have embraced the new.
- Mind you, I was multitasking - that's right, Luke can do more than one thing badly at the same time - so it wasn't as though I wasn't working at the same time.
- I'm far more productive when I've got lots of things on my plate instead of when just the one; if I'm not multitasking, nothing gets done.
- This is not the same as multitasking, which involves dealing with more than one job at the same time.
- I can multitask and perform the gruelling art of time management to perfection.
- If we are not compartmentalizing, we are multitasking.
- With alternating awe and bemusement, Paul watches as his entrepreneur wife multitasks, plunging herself into the center of whatever she touches - creating, re-creating, changing, improving.
- Sure, most guys can't multitask, but at least your shaving products can.
- It says, ‘I am multitasking when I am talking on the phone, trying to finish some paperwork, and trying to answer with my hands someone who has asked me a question.’
- Think about that the next time you're multitasking.
- Dancers are multitasking - not just doing steps, but expressing a character, showing a choreographic pattern to make the ensemble work clear.
- The thing is, they really don't have any less of my attention than they used to, before I started multitasking in meetings.
- I am just saying that people are doing all this - they are multitasking when they're driving.
- Initially, it struck me that multitasking whilst at a conference is really bad for your concentration.
- We're always multitasking, especially us women.
- When it looks like you're multitasking - you're looking at one TV screen and another TV screen and you're talking on the telephone - your attention has to shift from one to the other.
2(of a computer) execute more than one program or task simultaneously. Example sentencesExamples - For average users, this computer would redefine multitasking.
- It's based on a multitasking kernel - there's multitasking in there - but we had to make some choice there.
- They say other benefits include faster screen redraws for improved imaging, faster loading of applications, better multitasking, and faster execution of Java and other programming languages.
- I think the point is that a preemptively multitasking, protected mode virtual memory operating system shouldn't be letting third party DLLs crash the system.
- Again, clock speeds seem to matter more with current applications and multitasking.
Derivatives noun ˈmʌltɪtɑːskə Seasoned multitaskers can surf the Web and crunch spreadsheets with the TV screen's size reduced, or with sound in the background. Example sentencesExamples - A writer/actor/producer/editor/composer/cinematographer/director and multitasker extraordinaire, he makes films all by himself - and not simply because he wants to.
- They are multitaskers, unlike we who grew up without the computer.
- Thankfully, other kayakers are multitaskers too.
- Ever a multitasker, Kelley poured hot water over her teabag, opening her purse with one hand.
Definition of multitask in US English: multitaskverbˈməlˌtīˌtask [no object]1(of a person) deal with more than one task at the same time. parenting skills such as multitasking and concentrating amid distractions are easily transferable to the workplace Example sentencesExamples - Initially, it struck me that multitasking whilst at a conference is really bad for your concentration.
- With alternating awe and bemusement, Paul watches as his entrepreneur wife multitasks, plunging herself into the center of whatever she touches - creating, re-creating, changing, improving.
- I am just saying that people are doing all this - they are multitasking when they're driving.
- Mind you, I was multitasking - that's right, Luke can do more than one thing badly at the same time - so it wasn't as though I wasn't working at the same time.
- When it looks like you're multitasking - you're looking at one TV screen and another TV screen and you're talking on the telephone - your attention has to shift from one to the other.
- It says, ‘I am multitasking when I am talking on the phone, trying to finish some paperwork, and trying to answer with my hands someone who has asked me a question.’
- They don't multitask as much as younger generations do, preferring to engage in one medium at a time, but they haven't abandoned the media habits they developed growing up even as they have embraced the new.
- If we are not compartmentalizing, we are multitasking.
- He was always multitasking and thinking of better ways to do things.
- I'm far more productive when I've got lots of things on my plate instead of when just the one; if I'm not multitasking, nothing gets done.
- We're always multitasking, especially us women.
- She claims that she can multitask mindless tasks while she gives full attention to our conversation.
- I can multitask and perform the gruelling art of time management to perfection.
- This is not the same as multitasking, which involves dealing with more than one job at the same time.
- Sure, most guys can't multitask, but at least your shaving products can.
- Dancers are multitasking - not just doing steps, but expressing a character, showing a choreographic pattern to make the ensemble work clear.
- The thing is, they really don't have any less of my attention than they used to, before I started multitasking in meetings.
- When you're multitasking at full tilt, balance is one of the first things to suffer.
- I've heard some women claim that men do not multitask well… I think I do pretty well where that is concerned, but to a point.
- Think about that the next time you're multitasking.
2(of a computer) execute more than one program or task simultaneously. Example sentencesExamples - It's based on a multitasking kernel - there's multitasking in there - but we had to make some choice there.
- For average users, this computer would redefine multitasking.
- I think the point is that a preemptively multitasking, protected mode virtual memory operating system shouldn't be letting third party DLLs crash the system.
- They say other benefits include faster screen redraws for improved imaging, faster loading of applications, better multitasking, and faster execution of Java and other programming languages.
- Again, clock speeds seem to matter more with current applications and multitasking.
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