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multifaceted

/ˌmʌl.tiˈfæ.sə.tɪd/

multifaceted adjective: having multiple facets or (geometric) faces.

Adjective

multifaceted (comparative more multifaceted, superlative most multifaceted)

  1. Having multiple facets or (geometric) faces.
    • The diamond had a multifaceted cut.
  2. Having many aspects; nuanced or diverse.
    • Joanne was a multifaceted individual; she knew how to bargain both with Wall Street brokers and push-cart vendors.
    • “Gossip” is about a lot more than just juicy tidbits and the columnists that peddle them, presenting a multifaceted look at gossip’s role in the newspaper/media ecosystem and at Rupert Murdoch’s enterprises in particular.2021 August 20, Brian Lowry, “‘Gossip’ charts how tabloid tattlers ‘escaped from their cages’ and rippled through the media”, in CNN

multifaceted meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

multifaceted in Tamil

having multiple facets
பன்முகம் paṉmukam

multifaceted in Bengali

having multiple facets
বহুরূপী bohurupi

multifaceted in Telugu

having multiple facets
బహుముఖ bahumukha
having many aspects
బహుముఖ bahumukha

Examples of multifaceted in a sentence

  • Docherty sees the new guard of New Zealand designers as representing the country’s multifaceted nature.
  • Postlicensure vaccine safety monitoring is now a multifaceted activity which helps address these concerns as well.
  • As a multifaceted kitchen enabler, nothing can quite supplant the gorgeous, timeless, ever-available, often dirt-cheap terra-cotta flowerpot.

All 14 example sentences with multifaceted

Forms of multifaceted

comparativemore multifaceted
superlativemost multifaceted
alternative formmulti-faceted

Origin of multifaceted

From multi- + facet + -ed.

Words formed from multifaceted

Questions about multifaceted

What does multifaceted mean?
Multifaceted means having multiple facets or (geometric) faces.
What is multifaceted in Tamil?
Multifaceted in Tamil is பன்முகம் (paṉmukam). See Multifaceted meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is multifaceted?
Multifaceted is an adjective.
How do you pronounce multifaceted?
Multifaceted is pronounced /ˌmʌl.tiˈfæ.sə.tɪd/.

Words near multifaceted in the dictionary

  1. multieyed
  2. multiface
  3. multifaced
  4. multifaces
  5. multifacet
  6. multifaceted
  7. multifacetedly
  8. multifacetedness
  9. multifacial
  10. multifacility
  11. multifaction

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