multicursal design
- noun
- Specialized
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diseño multicursal
- Unlike the simple maze, the garden's multicursal design offers visitors many choices at every turn.
Examples
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Urban planners appreciated the multicursal design for encouraging exploration within the park.
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The multicursal design of the hedge maze made it a real challenge to find the exit.
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The park features a stunning multicursal design that attracts many visitors.
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Have you seen the new multicursal designs at the botanical garden?
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The multicursal design of the hedge maze made it a real challenge to find the exit.
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Unlike the simple maze, the garden's multicursal design offers visitors many choices at every turn.
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Urban planners appreciated the multicursal design for encouraging exploration within the park.
Antonyms
How Complex
- Specialized
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6.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
multicursal + design
The key constituent 'multicursal' is rare and not a transparent everyday word for B1 learners (it contains Latin-derived morphemes that most learners will not recognize), so knowing 'design' alone does not allow derivation of the meaning. Although the literal parts (multi- = many, curs- = course/path) would compositionally yield 'many-path' for someone familiar with those roots, this morphological decomposition is not accessible to an average B1 learner, making the phrase effectively non-compositional for that proficiency level.
Etymology
Multicursal design comes from the idea of a place with many paths. The parts multi ('many') and cursal ('paths') create a clear picture of several routes, so the phrase means a layout with many pathways to choose from.