Meaning of "multitask" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF MULTITASK

multitask  [ˈmʌltɪˌtɑːsk]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MULTITASK

Multitask is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb multitask in English.

WHAT DOES MULTITASK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Computer multitasking

In computing, multitasking is a method where multiple tasks are performed during the same period of time – they are executed concurrently instead of sequentially. The tasks share common processing resources, such as a CPU and main memory. Multitasking does not necessarily mean that multiple tasks are executing at exactly the same instant. In other words, multitasking does not imply parallelism, but it does mean that more than one task can be part-way through execution at the same time, and more than one task is advancing over a given period of time. In the case of a computer with a single CPU, only one task is said to be running at any point in time, meaning that the CPU is actively executing instructions for that task. Multitasking solves the problem by scheduling which task may be the one running at any given time, and when another waiting task gets a turn. The act of reassigning a CPU from one task to another one is called a context switch. When context switches occur frequently enough, the illusion of parallelism is achieved.

Definition of multitask in the English dictionary

The definition of multitask in the dictionary is to work at several different tasks simultaneously.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO MULTITASK

PRESENT

Present

I multitask

you multitask

he/she/it multitasks

we multitask

you multitask

they multitask

Present continuous

I am multitasking

you are multitasking

he/she/it is multitasking

we are multitasking

you are multitasking

they are multitasking

Present perfect

I have multitasked

you have multitasked

he/she/it has multitasked

we have multitasked

you have multitasked

they have multitasked

Present perfect continuous

I have been multitasking

you have been multitasking

he/she/it has been multitasking

we have been multitasking

you have been multitasking

they have been multitasking

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I multitasked

you multitasked

he/she/it multitasked

we multitasked

you multitasked

they multitasked

Past continuous

I was multitasking

you were multitasking

he/she/it was multitasking

we were multitasking

you were multitasking

they were multitasking

Past perfect

I had multitasked

you had multitasked

he/she/it had multitasked

we had multitasked

you had multitasked

they had multitasked

Past perfect continuous

I had been multitasking

you had been multitasking

he/she/it had been multitasking

we had been multitasking

you had been multitasking

they had been multitasking

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will multitask

you will multitask

he/she/it will multitask

we will multitask

you will multitask

they will multitask

Future continuous

I will be multitasking

you will be multitasking

he/she/it will be multitasking

we will be multitasking

you will be multitasking

they will be multitasking

Future perfect

I will have multitasked

you will have multitasked

he/she/it will have multitasked

we will have multitasked

you will have multitasked

they will have multitasked

Future perfect continuous

I will have been multitasking

you will have been multitasking

he/she/it will have been multitasking

we will have been multitasking

you will have been multitasking

they will have been multitasking

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would multitask

you would multitask

he/she/it would multitask

we would multitask

you would multitask

they would multitask

Conditional continuous

I would be multitasking

you would be multitasking

he/she/it would be multitasking

we would be multitasking

you would be multitasking

they would be multitasking

Conditional perfect

I would have multitask

you would have multitask

he/she/it would have multitask

we would have multitask

you would have multitask

they would have multitask

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been multitasking

you would have been multitasking

he/she/it would have been multitasking

we would have been multitasking

you would have been multitasking

they would have been multitasking

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you multitask
we let´s multitask
you multitask

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to multitask

Past participle

multitasked

Present Participle

multitasking

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF MULTITASK

Find out the translation of multitask to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of multitask from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «multitask» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 多任务
• Translator English - Spanish: multitask
• English: multitask
• Translator English - Hindi: multitask
• Translator English - Arabic: تعدد المهام
• Translator English - Russian: многозадачность
• Translator English - Portuguese: multitask
• Translator English - Bengali: একাধিক কার্য
• Translator English - French: multitâche
• Translator English - Malay: pelbagai tugas
• Translator English - German: Multitasking
• Translator English - Japanese: マルチタスク
• Translator English - Korean: 멀티 태스킹
• Translator English - Javanese: Multitask
• Translator English - Vietnamese: đa nhiệm
• Translator English - Tamil: multitask
• Translator English - Marathi: मल्टीटास्क
• Translator English - Turkish: çoklu görev
• Translator English - Italian: multitask
• Translator English - Polish: wielozadaniowe
• Translator English - Ukrainian: багатозадачність
• Translator English - Romanian: multitask
• Translator English - Greek: πολλαπλές
• Translator English - Afrikaans: multitask
• Translator English - Swedish: multitask
• Translator English - Norwegian: multitask

6 QUOTES WITH «MULTITASK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word multitask.

1

Glenn Beck

I can multitask like crazy. I'm riddled with ADD - a blessing and a curse.

2

Shelley Moore Capito

What I find with my fellow female members of Congress is that we tend to work very hard. While we're very focused, we can also multitask a lot better.

3

Jarvis Cocker

Also, because people like to multitask, in a way if you've got a bit of music on in the background and the lyrical content is making you want to listen to it, then that would probably put you off the texting you wanted to do. I think people like things that just make that right kind of noise, but leave your brain free to do something else.

4

Karen Finerman

When you multitask, you believe you're being exceptionally productive, but really, you're fooling yourself. Each time you switch tasks, you have to backtrack a little and remind yourself where you are in the process and what's next. Invariably. you are spending twice as much time on parts of the task.

5

Mireille Guiliano

Women are smarter by basic instinct and by what we have to do to multitask at home and at work. My mother did that 50 years ago, but it wasn't called multitasking or stress back then. She had a job, two kids and the meals to make with no cook or maid. My father would come home every day and expect lunch. He was a nice guy, but he was clueless!

6

Ezra Miller

I'm trying to grow more limbs in order to multitask at a greater rate and I'm also investigating the possibilities of cloning. Because nothing would be more useful than having multiples of me, and that way, I could do all of the things I'd like to do in the short amount of time we all have here.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MULTITASK»

Discover the use of multitask in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to multitask and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook

Waldemar Karwowski, William S. Marras. Object Lifted Good Fair Poor 1.00 0.95 0.90 1.00 1.00 0.90 fatigue. On the other hand, if the task variables differ significantly between tasks, it may be more appropriate to analyze a job as a multitask ...

Waldemar Karwowski, William S. Marras, 1998

Information Science and Management Engineering (Set):

Guanghui Liu1, Xiujuan Li2 1Nanjing University ofAeronautics & Astronautics, Nanjing, China 2Nanjing University ofAeronautics & Astronautics, Nanjing, China Abstract VxWorks (a real-time multitask embedded operating system) had been ...

Peiyu Ren, Zhenyu Du, 2013

What Successful Teachers Do: 91 Research-Based Classroom ...

Strategy. 21: Learn. to. multitask. What the Research Says Kounin's (1970) classic study of classroom management compared effective with ineffective teachers. Effective teachers' classes did not have many problems, while ineffective ...

Neal A. Glasgow, Cathy D. Hicks, 2003

Computational Models of Risks to Infrastructure

Simulation of Human Multitask Performance Igor KOZINE Systems Analysis Department, Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark Abstract. This paper presents basic ideas of an approach enabling to simulate multitask performance  ...

Dejan Skanata, Daniel M. Byrd, 2007

Media and Youth: A Developmental Perspective

... use being multitasked the most. However, 20% of youth between 8 and 18 do not report any media multitasking behaviors. In general, children and adolescents ^k who media multitask have at least one of the following characteris - ^k tics: ...

Steven J. Kirsh, 2010

3D: Daily Dose of Discernment: 2008

2008-01-14. Multitask with your body, not your heart. Multitask with your body, not your soul. Multitask with your body, not your mind. Multitask with your body, not your focus. Multitask with your body, not your sensing.

Kevin Everett FitzMaurice, 2013

Medical Data Analysis: Second International Symposium, ISMDA ...

Multitask. Pattern. Recognition. Algorithm. for. the. Medical. Decision. Support. System. Edward Puchala and Marek Kurzynski Wroclaw University of Technology , Division of Systems and Computer Networks, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, ...

Jose Crespo, Victor Maojo, Fernando Martin

Organizational Change and Information Systems: Working and ...

Working and Living Together in New Ways Paolo Spagnoletti. POT_LEADER I f( TECH_USE7 NET_TIME, SOCIALANET, MULTITASK) SECURE I f(TECH_USE, NET_TIME7 SOCIALVNET, MULTITASK) MEDIATOR I f(TECH_USE, ...

Paolo Spagnoletti, 2013

Three essays on venture capital contracting

The incentive conflict between the two tasks implies that contracting separately an advisor and a monitor may be more advantageous for an entrepreneur than contracting a multitask financier. Why do we still observe venture capital ( multitask) ...

Ibolya Schindele, 2005

An Embedded Software Primer

The MultiTask! system is a fairly typical RTOS in this regard: you can set up pools, each of which consists of some number of memory buffers. In any given pool, all of the buffers are the same size. The reqbuf and getbuf functions allocate a ...

David E. Simon, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MULTITASK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term multitask is used in the context of the following news items.

In Indian Families, the Dangerous Meeting of Women and Fire

“She said she would multitask. 'I'll manage everything—the home, the kids, and work. Just let me run it,' ” she said, he recalls. Mr. Kumar says ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

Apple is rolling out second iOS 9 public beta

Apple iPad users can multitask using the Picture-in-Picture option. Several bug fixes and improvement tweaks are bundled along as well. «GSMArena.com, Jul 15»

Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 vs. Apple iPad Air 2: Top tablets compared

The Tab S2 has a dual-app Pop-Up Window, letting you multitask in ways that you can't yet with an iPad — at least not until iOS 9 comes out in ... «ExtremeTech, Jul 15»

Review: Amazon's new Kindle Paperwhite lets you read faster with …

In our increasingly Internet-dependent world, attention is drawn in a million different directions at once as we multitask through every day. «Financial Express, Jul 15»

Opportunities in clinical trials pharmacy

Working within clinical trials will develop your ability to multitask and manage deadlines, and gives you an understanding of the wider research ... «The Pharmaceutical Journal, Jul 15»

5 Ways Meditation Improves Productivity and Leads to Success

Neurology research has shown that it is impossible for the human brain to multitask. Despite our constant efforts to do two things at once, we ... «Tech Cocktail, Jul 15»

It's nuts how far the original iPhone was ahead of the competition

And don't forget the original's lack of multitasking (PocketPC could multitask apps). And then, finally, the AT&T only exclusivity was a major ... «Cult of Mac, Jul 15»

AMD annonce le lancement de son nouvel APU A8-7670K

Users can easily multitask modern workloads and stream video in Windows 10 or mow down their enemies in popular eSports online gaming ... «Agence Française pour le Jeu Vidéo, Jul 15»

U.S. Navy Unveils First Undersea Drone That Can Be Used As …

According to Gordon, the drone can allow them to multitask, "We can do a dual mission: UUVs do their thing while we do other operations," ... «Headlines & Global News, Jul 15»

2015 iPad Air 3 Release Date Has Been Postponed: Rumors

It includes multitask functions that grant users the two-pane display. The Typo, an iPad Air 2 case, is highly anticipated for its successor phone. «KpopStarz, Jul 15»