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multilevel

multilevel

1 3.7
A building with more than one floor
  • adjective
  • /ˈmʌltiˌlɛvəl/
translation icon : multinivel
  • The architect designed a beautiful multilevel house with spacious balconies on each floor.
  • multilevel structure
  • multilevel package

Examples

  • Constructed to protect the remains of five Roman houses, it has multilevel viewing platforms that allow visitors to see the carefully excavated buildings and streets.

    Blog text (22)
  • A secure, multilevel treatment facility since 1962.

  • You are now a resident of Northwood State Secure Treatment Facility... a secure, multilevel treatment facility since 1962.

  • The Court of Kanduakar sat in an enormous, multilevel yurt, a round, peaked structure made of wood-like beams and double walls of thick fabric.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Heather hesitated on the first step of the curving marble stairway that led up to the front door of Oskar Quintoon's multilevel glass and redwood mansion.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The city plans to build a new multilevel parking garage to accommodate more vehicles downtown.

  • She loves the multilevel garden that features different types of plants on each tier.

Synonyms

tiered
vsmultilevel
6 4.2

Having levels one above another, like seats or a cake

means multiple floors but may not stress regular floor divisions
multistory
vsmultilevel
  • US
1 3.5

A building with more than one floor

is the alternative general word for several building levels
multitiered
vsmultilevel
1 4.4

Having several levels one above another, like stadium seating

refers to building levels without implying layered arrangement
multistoried
vsmultilevel
  • UK
3.6

A building with more than one floor

is a broader compound term for the same building feature
storied
vsmultilevel
  • UK
4.4

A building that has a set number of floors

is the general term not limited to numerical labeling
multileveled
vsmultilevel
3.8

Having several levels, like a building or an organization

focuses specifically on buildings rather than abstract systems

How Many Levels

high-rise
7 3.5
multilevel
1 3.7
storyless
  • US
6.5

Surface Forms

multilevel positive

Morphology

multilevel = level (transparent) = multi + level

The meaning is directly compositional: 'multi-' signals 'many' and 'level' refers to floors or layers.

Etymology

Multilevel comes from the parts multi- meaning 'many', as in multiple, and level meaning 'a floor' or 'layer'. So a multilevel building is one with many floors or levels.