Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An element in many words of Latin origin or formation. meaning ‘many’ or ‘much.’

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • A prefix signifying much or many; several; more than one.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • prefix Resembling, pertaining to many or many things.

Etymologies

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From Latin multi (multus)

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Examples

  • It must be time for donor governments and multi- or bi-lateral agencies to stop just talking about accountability and governance and start backing those individuals and organizations that really do deliver day after day.

    Sarah Brown: Meeting the Need for Health Workers Sarah Brown 2011

  • True enough, since the mid-1990s when good governance reforms were made a precondition for aid by multi- and bilateral donors, many "big fish" have been caught, including no less than the former presidents and prime ministers of Nicaragua, Peru, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malawi and Zambia.

    Why business should care about fighting corruption | Eric Gutierrez 2011

  • It must be time for donor governments and multi- or bi-lateral agencies to stop just talking about accountability and governance and start backing those individuals and organizations that really do deliver day after day.

    Sarah Brown: Meeting the Need for Health Workers Sarah Brown 2011

  • It must be time for donor governments and multi- or bi-lateral agencies to stop just talking about accountability and governance and start backing those individuals and organizations that really do deliver day after day.

    Sarah Brown: Meeting the Need for Health Workers Sarah Brown 2011

  • It must be time for donor governments and multi- or bi-lateral agencies to stop just talking about accountability and governance and start backing those individuals and organizations that really do deliver day after day.

    Sarah Brown: Meeting the Need for Health Workers Sarah Brown 2011

  • She even borrowed my brothers' multi- colored plastic toy horses to pull it from their cowboys and Indians set.

    Lonna Saunders: Gatsby, Winter Carnival, and Me Lonna Saunders 2011

  • She even borrowed my brothers' multi- colored plastic toy horses to pull it from their cowboys and Indians set.

    Lonna Saunders: Gatsby, Winter Carnival, and Me Lonna Saunders 2011

  • She even borrowed my brothers' multi- colored plastic toy horses to pull it from their cowboys and Indians set.

    Lonna Saunders: Gatsby, Winter Carnival, and Me Lonna Saunders 2011

  • She even borrowed my brothers' multi- colored plastic toy horses to pull it from their cowboys and Indians set.

    Lonna Saunders: Gatsby, Winter Carnival, and Me Lonna Saunders 2011

  • It must be time for donor governments and multi- or bi-lateral agencies to stop just talking about accountability and governance and start backing those individuals and organizations that really do deliver day after day.

    Sarah Brown: Meeting the Need for Health Workers Sarah Brown 2011

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