multiple tasks

collocation in English

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multiple
adjective
uk
/ˈmʌl.tɪ.pəl/us
/ˈmʌl.tə.pəl/
very many of the same type, or of ...
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task
noun
uk
/tɑːsk/us
/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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The ability to encode frequency also does not decrease with old age, depression ormultipletaskrequirements.
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Undoubtedly, cognitive studies provided a lot of evidence supporting the idea that individuals can listen, verbalize, or manipulate, and rescue information inmultipletaskcondition.
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But the perception of actual speech requires the listener to perform multiple tasks simultaneously.
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Strikingly, having more time for oneself and one's own concerns (1a) were particularly important to 40-54 year olds, the age group still engaged in multiple tasks.
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Theoretically, executive processes control novel behaviours and enable the coordination of multiple tasks or processes, including the ability to interrupt and\\or change between different actions.
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In the work process, labour switches towards the performance of multiple tasks while the intensity of work (and remuneration) is varied according to market conditions.
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The sad fact is that we have been expecting one doctrine to do multiple tasks for us.
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To ensure reliability, multiple tasks were administered at each age level, and composite scores were calculated by adding children's performance on each task.
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An agent works on multiple tasks, and the best autonomy level for one of these tasks at a given time is not necessarily the best for another.
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Likewise, hardware samplers often perform multiple tasks in the studio: sequencing, synthesis, and effects processing as well as sampling.
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The second reason why a single view is inadequate is that users need the ability to do multiple tasks at the same time.
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This involves designing multiple tasks to restore order to the basin area and create an environment within which appropriate governance reforms can take place, in order to achieve long-term peace.
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Portfolio assessment may have the potential to improve the quality of this assessment as more seems to be gained by multiple tasks than multiple rating.
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I repeat that phrase: "multiple tasks with the same funds".
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Unfortunately this left him unable to fully devote himself to multiple tasks.
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It requires a good memory and tests a person's capability of performing multiple tasks simultaneously.
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It requires immense memory power and tests a person's capability of performing multiple tasks simultaneously.
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Context-sensitive actions allow multiple tasks to be assigned to one button, simplifying the control scheme.
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It encourages the study of diverse species performing multiple tasks both in field and laboratory settings.
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This optimization is most efficient in multi-core processors that can split a task into multiple tasks for each processor.
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