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multi-task

multi-task is the alternative form of multitask.

Meaning of multitask

Verb

multitask (third-person singular simple present multitasks, present participle multitasking, simple past and past participle multitasked)

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

See all 3 meanings of multitask

Forms of multi-task

third-person singular presentmulti-tasks
present participlemulti-tasking
past participlemulti-tasked
pastmulti-tasked

Questions about multi-task

What is multi-task the alternative form of?
Multi-task is the alternative form of multitask.

Words near multi-task in the dictionary

  1. multi-story
  2. multi-strain
  3. multi-strand
  4. multi-systemic
  5. multi-talented
  6. multi-task
  7. multi-tasked
  8. multi-tasking
  9. multi-tasks
  10. multi-temporal
  11. multi-tenant

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Adapted from Wiktionary: multi-task (page history and authors); multitask (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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