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multiuse

multiuse adjective: able to accommodate multiple uses.

Adjective

multiuse (not comparable)

  1. Able to accommodate multiple uses.
    • The new stadium and park would be lined on three sides with multiuse row house buildings containing commercial, office, and loft residential space.1988 June 3, Paul Botts, “A New Old Ballpark”, in Chicago Reader
    • A computer is a programmable, multiuse machine that accepts data — raw facts and figures — and processes, or manipulates, it into information we can use […]2010, Dr. Mukesh Dhunna, J. B. Dixit, Information Technology in Business Management, page 168
    Synonyms:
    multipurpose

Noun

multiuse (uncountable)

  1. The use of something for more than one purpose.
    • Normally a visitor does not participate in one activity to the exclusion of others. One main activity, such as swimming, will be supplemented by other activities and use of other facilities, such as picnicking, hiking, stopping at an overlook, and so forth. Such multiuse is usually expressed in...1980, Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area (N.R.A.), General Management Plan

Synonyms of multiuse

Origin of multiuse

From multi- + use.

Questions about multiuse

What does multiuse mean?
Multiuse means able to accommodate multiple uses.
What part of speech is multiuse?
Multiuse can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near multiuse in the dictionary

  1. multiunit
  2. multiunities
  3. multiunits
  4. multiunity
  5. multiusage
  6. multiuse
  7. multiuser
  8. multiusing
  9. multiutilities
  10. multiutility
  11. multivacancy

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