Definitions

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  • noun Someone who multitasks, who performs multiple tasks at the same time.

Etymologies

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multitask +‎ -er

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Examples

  • The 69-year-old multitasker is always on the lookout for appropriate roles in between his duties as head of the Los Angeles Opera (where this is his fourth mainstage commission) and the Washington National Opera (where his sole new commission was for the young-artist program).

    Domingo's tenor lifts respectable, but too literal, 'Il Postino' by Daniel Catán Anne Midgette 2010

  • EAR ABBY: My daughter insists that she's a "multitasker" - too busy to telephone or text except when she's driving.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2009

  • Dear Abby: My daughter insists that she's a "multitasker" - too busy to telephone or text except when she's driving.

    News 2009

  • So he's a "multitasker" and had been a good student and "community volunteer."

    FrontPage Magazine Hugh 2010

  • The confident student, she said, the "multitasker" who had excelled as a student and community volunteer through high school and college, was shattered by four months in a Pakistani jail.

    Local News from The Lakeland Ledger 2010

  • The confident student, she said, the "multitasker" who had excelled as a student and community volunteer through high school and college, was shattered by four months in a Pakistani jail.

    Local News from The Lakeland Ledger 2010

  • The confident student, she said, the 'multitasker' who had excelled as a student and community volunteer through high school and college, was shattered by four months in a Pakistani jail. "

    FrontPage Magazine Hugh 2010

  • I always thought I was a good multitasker but in fact I find I can do an awful lot more with some peace and focus.

    2010 In Prospect « Tales from the Reading Room 2010

  • Granted, I'm not much of a multitasker at the best of times.

    Too Many Irons in the Fire 2009

  • Granted, I'm not much of a multitasker at the best of times.

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

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