"multi-word" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: multi- + word Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|word}} multi- + word Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multi-word (not comparable)
  1. Consisting of more than one word. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: multiword, multiworded Translations (consisting of more than one word): víceslovný [masculine] (Czech), többszavas (Hungarian), wielowyrazowy (Polish), multipalavra (Portuguese), multipalavras (Portuguese), многосло́вный (mnogoslóvnyj) (Russian), неодносло́вный (neodnoslóvnyj) (Russian), multipalabra (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-multi-word-en-adj-DETnD6FX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi-

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "one-word"
    },
    {
      "word": "single-word"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "multi",
        "3": "word"
      },
      "expansion": "multi- + word",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "multi- + word",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "multi-word (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with multi-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, John A. Hawkins, Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars",
          "text": "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).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297",
          "text": "The verb categories included two-word multi-word verbs, though terms of more than two words were placed in the phrase category.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Consisting of more than one word."
      ],
      "id": "en-multi-word-en-adj-DETnD6FX",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "multiword"
        },
        {
          "word": "multiworded"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "víceslovný"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
          "word": "többszavas"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
          "word": "wielowyrazowy"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
          "word": "multipalavra"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
          "word": "multipalavras"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mnogoslóvnyj",
          "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
          "word": "многосло́вный"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neodnoslóvnyj",
          "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
          "word": "неодносло́вный"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
          "word": "multipalabra"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "multi-word"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "one-word"
    },
    {
      "word": "single-word"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "multi",
        "3": "word"
      },
      "expansion": "multi- + word",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "multi- + word",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "multi-word (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms prefixed with multi-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, John A. Hawkins, Efficiency and Complexity in Grammars",
          "text": "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).",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297",
          "text": "The verb categories included two-word multi-word verbs, though terms of more than two words were placed in the phrase category.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Consisting of more than one word."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "multiword"
    },
    {
      "word": "multiworded"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "víceslovný"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
      "word": "többszavas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
      "word": "wielowyrazowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
      "word": "multipalavra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
      "word": "multipalavras"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogoslóvnyj",
      "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
      "word": "многосло́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neodnoslóvnyj",
      "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
      "word": "неодносло́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "consisting of more than one word",
      "word": "multipalabra"
    }
  ],
  "word": "multi-word"
}

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