- She is very good at multitasking; driving, talking on her cell phone, and changing the CD all at once.
multitasking
verb; compounding
to engage in many or multiple activities at once This is a fairly common word today, but is new to English. It kind of matches our lives today in this increasingly technologically based society - we’re always multitasking
Etymology : [multi ‘many’ - task ‘duty, chore’ - ing ‘verb stem]
Source : teacher in high school
Last modified: 10 June 2008