- many in number; involving many different people or things
- The shape appears multiple times within each painting.
- research based on multiple sources
- multiple copies of documents
- a story that works on multiple levels
- a multiple entry visa
- a multiple birth (= several babies born to a mother at one time)
- a multiple pile-up (= a crash involving many vehicles)
- Buyers can acquire single or multiple units.
- a house in multiple ownership/occupancy (= owned/occupied by several different people or families)
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- (of a disease or injury) complex in its nature or effects; affecting several parts of the body
- She suffered multiple injuries in the crash.
- multiple fractures of the pelvis
- patients with multiple organ failure
- There were multiple stab wounds on his body.
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin multiplus, alteration of Latin multiplex ‘multiple’.
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