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Definition: Multiform |
MultiformAdjective1. Occurring in or having many forms or shapes or appearances; "the multiform universe of nature and man"- John Dewey. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "multiform" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Multiform \Mul"ti*form\, adjective. [Latin expression multiformis; multus much, many forma shape: compare to the French expression multiforme.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Antonym: uniform (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Multiformity | Adjective: polymorphous, multiform, multifold, multifarious, multigenerous, multiplex; heterogeneous, diversified, dissimilar, various, varied, variform; manifold, many-sided; variegated, motley, mosaic; epicene, indiscriminate, desultory, irregular; mixed, different, assorted, mingled, odd, diverse, divers; all manner of; of every description, of all sorts and kinds; et hoc genus omne; and what not? de omnibus rebus et quibusdam aliis. |
Nonuniformity | Adjective: diversified varied, irregular, uneven, rough; multifarious; multiform; of various kinds; all manner of, all sorts of, all kinds of. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Multiform |
| English words defined with "multiform": Multiformity, Multiformous ♦ Polyschematist. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "multiform": Polymorph. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Multiform" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (multiform). |
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| "Multiform" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Multiform" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 8 | 124,375 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
multiform | 11 |
glioblastoma multiform | 11 |
erythema multiform | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "multiform"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shumëformësh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متعدد الهيئات الأشكال. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | многоброен (manifold, many, multiple, multitudinous, numerous, strong, thick). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | mnohotvarý. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | monenmuotoinen. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | multiforme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vielförmig (multiformly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πολύμορφοσ (polymorphous). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רב צורות (diverse, multifarious, polymorph). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | változó formájú (variform), sokalakú (polymorphous), különféle (divers, miscellaneous, multifarious, several, sundry, various). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | multiforme (manifold, varied, versatile). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | yl-chrooagh (polymorphic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ultiformmay multiforme (variform), polimorfo (polymorphic, polymorphous). (various references) multiform, cu forme variate. (various references) многообразный (diversified). (various references) raznolik (divers, diversiform, heterogeneous, multifarious, varied, various). (various references) multiforme. (various references) mångformig. (various references) çok biçimli, çok şekilli (polymorphous, variform). (various references) різноманітний (chequered, divers, diverse, diversified, diversiform, manifold, multifarious, multifold, multitudinous, omnifarious, omnigenous, protean, spotty, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated). (various references) phong phú về hình thức, nhiều dạng (diversiform, polymorphic, polymorphous, variform). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "multiform": multiformities, multiformity. (additional references) | |
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"Multiform" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Multico, multicore, multiforme, multiformity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "multiform" (pronounced 'Mul"ti*form'): Acetabuliform, Aciculiform, Aciform, Acinaciform, Acinetiform, Aciniform, Actiniform, Aculeiform, Adeniform, Adipoceriform, Aeriform, Aliform, Aluminiform, Alveoliform, Ambulacriform, Amentiform, Amianthiform, Ampulliform, Anguiform, Anguilliform, Antenniform, Antheriform, Aquiform, Araneiform, Arboriform, Arciform, Asbestiform, Ascidiform, Aspergilliform, Auriform, Bacciform, Bacilliform, Basaltiform, Biform, Boniform, Botuliform, Boviform, Bromoform, Bursiform, Calceiform, Calciform, Calyciform, Calyptriform, Campaniform, Campaniliform, Cancriform, Capilliform, Capriform, Cauliform, Cerebriform. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-i-l-m-m-o-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: floruit, turmoil. | |
-3 letters: folium, tufoli, ultimo. | |
-4 letters: filum, flirt, flour, flout, fluor, forum, fruit, lirot, motif, moult, mufti, triol, tumor. | |
-5 letters: film, filo, firm, flit, foil, form, fort, foul, four, frit, from, furl, lift, limo, litu, loft, loti, lour, lout, milo, milt, moil, molt, momi, mort, omit, rift, riot, roil, rolf, roti, rotl, rout. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-i-l-m-m-o-r-t-u" | |
+3 letters: multiformity. | |
+5 letters: multiformities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 75 6C 74 69 66 6F 72 6D |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- ..- .-.. - .. ..-. --- .-. -- |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01101100 01110100 01101001 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u l t i f o r m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 006C 0074 0069 0066 006F 0072 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)478778867572818479 |
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