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multiform

multiform

6.8
Having many different forms or shapes
  • adjective
  • /ˈmʌl.tɪ.fɔrm/
translation icon : multiforme
  • The weather in spring can be multiform, shifting from sunny and warm to rainy and chilly within hours.

He says that one is, is the inner being of multiform existence is still soundless as well.

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Examples

  • Creation of humor is a huge and multiform phenomenon in its totality, and it is difficult to incorporate and explain all its aspects in a single linguistic theory.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Setting aside for a moment the historical and cultural contingencies that make family a multiform social construction, it seems safe to say that for most people, family simultaneously invokes a positive model of social communion and a site of discord.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Fourth, assessing this process through innovative, multiform demonstrations of knowledge can provide a narrative for understanding student and teacher learning within the content.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Rather, Hermosillo's film presents a multiform construction of relationships of domination.

    Academic text (2011)
  • As with the city itself, the strip displays an increasingly multiform urban landscape that defies easy definition.

    Academic text (1992)
  • They evolved because our evolving intelligence required their construction, and in the end it was our forms that our burgeoning and multiform intelligence systems used to construct and reconstruct what we now refer to as our brains.

    Blog text (15)
  • With their multiform methods of opening and closing acts, these painted pages thus further wrenched the legal texts from their remote benefactors and chanceries to anchor them in the artistic production of local authorities.

    Academic text (1999)
  • He says: "If American Studies seems divided and flexible, even pragmatic in its scholarship and institutional arrangement, many of its proponents still seek a unified approach to the multiform materials and diverse subjects said to constitute the field."

    Academic text (1992)
  • The artist's new exhibit is truly multiform, featuring sculptures, paintings, and interactive installations.

  • Her cooking style is multiform, combining elements from various cuisines to create unique dishes.

Synonyms

varied
vsmultiform
54 3.3

Containing many different kinds, not all the same

specifies the difference as many visible forms or shapes
multifaceted
vsmultiform
15 5.9

Having many different parts or sides

focuses more on many physical forms or appearances rather than aspects
multidimensional
vsmultiform
9 6.6

Having many different parts or sides that make it complex

is simpler, meaning many observable forms or appearances rather than dimensions
multifarious
vsmultiform
  • Formal
1 9.2

Having many different kinds or parts

is more about multiple outward forms or appearances rather than parts
multifold
vsmultiform
1 5.5

Having many different parts or aspects

stresses occurrence in many outer forms or appearances instead of parts
many-faceted
vsmultiform
1 5.8

Having many different parts or qualities

emphasizes varied visible forms or shapes rather than abstract sides
many-sided
vsmultiform
1 4.1

Having many different parts or qualities

refers specifically to many visible forms or appearances rather than sides
polymorphous
vsmultiform
1 9.2

Having many different forms or shapes

focuses on occurrence in varied appearances rather than the ability to change
multiplex
vsmultiform
  • Specialized
1 6.5

Having many parts or features and not simple

leans toward plain variety of forms or appearances rather than technical complexity
manyfold
vsmultiform
  • Archaic
8.1

Having many different parts or types

narrows that idea to having many visible forms or shapes

Antonyms

92 3.7

Always the same in all parts and at all times

How Varied

multifarious
  • Formal
1 9.2
manifold
  • Formal
7 7.0
multiform
6.8
varied
54 3.3
varying
3.4

Surface Forms

multiform positive
multiformer comparative
multiformest superlative

Morphology

multiform = form (transparent) = multi + form

The meaning is directly compositional: 'multi-' means many and 'form' means shape or appearance.

Etymology

Multiform comes from multi- meaning 'many' and form meaning 'shape' or 'appearance', like the multi- in multiple. So, multiform describes something that has many different shapes or appearances.