multi-word

See also: multiword

English

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Etymology

From multi- +‎ word.

Adjective

multi-word (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of more than one word.
    • 2004, John A. Hawkins, Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars[1]:
      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).
    • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes[2], page 297:
      The verb categories included two-word multi-word verbs, though terms of more than two words were placed in the phrase category.

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  • The hyphenated form is much more common in the British corpus while the solid form in the American one.[1]

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