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multilateral

multilateral adjective: having many physical sides.

Adjective

multilateral (not comparable)

  1. Having many physical sides.
  2. Having many sides or points of view.
  3. Involving three or more parties or nations.
    • a multilateral negotiation
    • Canada has continued to work within this agency to promote a multilateral solution to the problems of narcotrafficking and narcoterrorism.1993, James Rochlin, Discovering the Americas: The Evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy Towards Latin America, page 223

Noun

multilateral (plural multilaterals)

  1. A group with representatives from three or more parties or nations.

multilateral meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

multilateral in Hindi

बहुपक्षीय

multilateral in Tamil

பலபக்க, பலதரப்பு, பல்தரப்பட்ட

multilateral in Urdu

بسیار پہلو, کثیر الفریق

multilateral in Bengali

বহুপাক্ষিক, বহুপক্ষীয়
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multilateral in Telugu
బహుపాక్షిక, బహుపాక్షికం
multilateral in Kannada
ಬಹುಪಕ್ಷೀಯ, ಬಹುಭುಜೀಯ, ಅನೇಕ ಪಾರ್ಶ್ವಗಳುಳ್ಳ, ಬಹುಮುಖದ
multilateral in Gujarati
બહુપક્ષીય, બહુપક્ષી
multilateral in Odia
ବହୁପକ୍ଷୀଯ଼
multilateral in Nepali
बहुपक्षिय

Forms of multilateral

pluralmultilaterals

Origin of multilateral

From multi- + lateral.

Words formed from multilateral

Phrases with multilateral

Words that rhyme with multilateral

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Questions about multilateral

What does multilateral mean?
Multilateral means having many physical sides.
What is multilateral in Hindi?
Multilateral in Hindi is बहुपक्षीय. See Multilateral meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is multilateral?
Multilateral can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multilateral in the dictionary

  1. multilane
  2. multilanguage
  3. multilanguages
  4. multilap
  5. multilaser
  6. multilateral
  7. multilateral marriage
  8. multilateral marriages
  9. multilateralise
  10. multilateralised
  11. multilateralises

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Adapted from Wiktionary: multilateral (page history and authors); multilateral (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multilateral (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multilateral (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multilateral (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multilateral (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multilateral (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multilateral (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multilateral (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multilateral (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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