multi-word
adjEtymology From multi- + word.
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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:
- The verb categories included two-word multi-word verbs, though terms of more than two words were placed in the phrase category.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297:
- Antonyms
- one-word, single-word