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).
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Multi-word
Synonyms for "multi-word" (1 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
Translations
8 translations across 6 languages.
Czech
1 entries- víceslovný adj (consisting of more than one word)
Hungarian
1 entries- többszavas adj (consisting of more than one word)
Polish
1 entries- wielowyrazowy adj (consisting of more than one word)
Portuguese
2 entries- multipalavra adj (consisting of more than one word)
- multipalavras adj (consisting of more than one word)
Russian
2 entries- многосло́вный adj (consisting of more than one word)
- неодносло́вный adj (consisting of more than one word)
Spanish
1 entries- multipalabra adj (consisting of more than one word)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The verb categories included two-word multi-word verbs, though terms of more than two words were placed in the phrase category.
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