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multipartite

multipartite

9.5
Involving three or more parties
  • adjective
  • /ˌmʌltiˈpɑːrtaɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : multipartito
  • In Democratic Yemen, the ruling Socialist Party approved a multipartite system and announced that the first legal opposition party had been established.

Examples

  • The project utilized a multipartite framework to ensure collaboration between various community groups.

  • As the crosstalk between sequences increases in volume and complexity, the multipartite images that close each section change accordingly.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Thus, the impropriety of gluttony consists in the improper order of the parts within the multipartite human soul, or in other words, the improper relation of a man to himself, to his own human nature.

    Academic text (2001)
  • The fourth section's concluding double portrait rhymes not with the multipartite images of anonymous Germans, but with the historical conflation evident in the portrait of the national anthem.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The conference was organized as a multipartite negotiation involving representatives from multiple countries.

  • In the new law, a multipartite approach is taken to address the interests of different stakeholders.

Synonyms

multilateral
vsmultipartite
  • Formal
27 6.3

Involving several countries or groups working together

is the broader general term for composition by more than two parties or elements
multipartisan
vsmultipartite
7.0

People from more than one political party or group support it

is the broader term meaning simply composed of more than two parties or elements

How Many Parts

multipartite
  • Specialized
9.5
tripartite
  • Formal
3 7.9
bipartite
7.1
single piece
11 3.3

Surface Forms

multipartite positive

Morphology

multipartite = partite (semi-transparent) = multi + part + ite

The prefix multi- clearly adds the meaning of 'many', but the base element partite is a learned/formal form, so the structure is not fully obvious to average learners.

Etymology

The word multipartite comes from the parts multi- ('many') and part ('part' or 'piece'), so it literally means 'many parts'. That's why something multipartite involves more than two parties or elements.