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multiword

multiword is the alternative form of multi-word.

Meaning of multi-word

Adjective

multi-word (not comparable)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    multiworded

Words formed from multiword

Questions about multiword

What is multiword the alternative form of?
Multiword is the alternative form of multi-word.

Words near multiword in the dictionary

  1. multiwindowed
  2. multiwindowing
  3. multiwindows
  4. multiwire
  5. multiwires
  6. multiword
  7. multiword expression
  8. multiworded
  9. multiworkstation
  10. multiworld
  11. multiworlds

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