multi-word
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Consisting of more than one word.
Example Sentences
- "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)."
- "The verb categories included two-word multi-word verbs, though terms of more than two words were placed in the phrase category."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English word English multi-word From multi- + word.