multimodal
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- adjective
- /ˌmʌltiˈmoʊdəl/
- Specialized
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multimodal
- By adopting a multimodal strategy, the company can enhance its delivery services through various transportation methods.
- multimodal transportation
- multimodal treatment
Examples
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The city plans to create a multimodal transportation system that combines buses, trains, and bike lanes for better connectivity.
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BMW executives said that such investments reflected the company's support of multimodal transportation systems, instead of systems that rely only on the automobile.
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A multimodal transportation system will also lead to better land use.
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I can also notice they ride all the way or use multimodal transportation, so long as some of it is on a bike.
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City Hall Rotunda Duradon Station, which is going to be the largest multimodal train station on the West Coast.
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The goal is to create applications for the smartphone that supply the traveler with real-time multimodal transport and travel information to his or her destination.
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Growing Smarter is already the law in Arizona requiring urban areas to plan for compact growth and multimodal (walk, bike, ride, drive) accessibility.
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City Architecture also recommended that the city develop a multimodal transportation system incorporating pedestrians, bicyclists, and bus riders, as well as drivers.
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A multimodal approach to learning incorporates visual, auditory, and hands-on activities to engage students effectively.
Synonyms
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Using more than one kind of transport in one trip or shipment
Able to work in more than one way, for example wireless or wired
Compounds
- Formal
A document that covers goods carried by two or more types of transport under one contract
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Etymology
Multimodal comes from multi- 'many' and mode 'way' or 'method'. So a multimodal transport plan uses more than one way of travel, for example combining truck and ship in the same journey.