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monotask

monotask verb: to perform only one task at a time.

Verb

monotask (third-person singular simple present monotasks, present participle monotasking, simple past and past participle monotasked)

  1. (intransitive) To perform only one task at a time.
    • Quit the juggle and monotask.2018, Catherine Blyth, Enjoy Time, page 100

Noun

monotask (plural monotasks)

  1. A single task performed while not performing other tasks (i.e. not multitasking).
    • From the Level I analysis it should be apparent that Medical Billing involves multiple tasks, while the Transmission Assembly is essentially a monotask.2000, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting, →ISBN

Forms of monotask

Verb
third-person singular presentmonotasks
present participlemonotasking
past participlemonotasked
pastmonotasked
Noun
pluralmonotasks

Origin of monotask

From mono- + task.

Questions about monotask

What does monotask mean?
Monotask means to perform only one task at a time.
What part of speech is monotask?
Monotask can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of monotask?
The past tense of monotask is monotasked.

Words near monotask in the dictionary

  1. monosynaptic
  2. monosynaptically
  3. monosystemic
  4. monotal
  5. monotargeted
  6. monotask
  7. monotasked
  8. monotasking
  9. monotasks
  10. monotaxic
  11. monotechnic

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