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multi-word expressions

multi-word expressions is the plural of multi-word expression.

Meaning of multi-word expression

Noun

multi-word expression (plural multi-word expressions)

  1. A lexeme-like unit made up of a sequence of two or more words that has properties that are not predictable from the properties of the individual words or their normal mode of combination, such as an idiom ("pay the piper"), a phrasal noun ("steam iron"), a phrasal preposition ("in front of"), or a phrasal verb ("buy off").
    Synonyms:
    MWE, polynym

Questions about multi-word expressions

What is multi-word expressions the plural of?
Multi-word expressions is the plural of multi-word expression.

Words near multi-word expressions in the dictionary

  1. multi-voltage
  2. multi-wavelength
  3. multi-week
  4. multi-word
  5. multi-word expression
  6. multi-word expressions
  7. multi-world
  8. multi-year
  9. multiaccess
  10. multiaccount
  11. multiacetylated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: multi-word expressions (page history and authors); multi-word expression (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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