multi-word
multi-word adjective: consisting of more than one word.
Adjective
multi-word (not comparable)
- Consisting of more than one word.
- The single-word/multi-word distinction involves what is most plausibly a difference in terminal elements among items of the same category type (e.g. adjective phrases).2004, John A. Hawkins, Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars
- The verb categories included two-word multi-word verbs, though terms of more than two words were placed in the phrase category.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297
- Synonyms:
- multiworded
Synonyms of multi-word
Antonyms
Forms of multi-word
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Origin of multi-word
From multi- + word.
Phrases with multi-word
Questions about multi-word
- What does multi-word mean?
- Multi-word means consisting of more than one word.
- What part of speech is multi-word?
- Multi-word is an adjective.
Words near multi-word in the dictionary
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