multidisciplinary

American  

[muhl-tee-dis-uh-pluh-ner-ee, muhl-tahy-] / ˌmʌl tiˈdɪs ə pləˌnɛr i, ˌmʌl taɪ- /

Also multidisciplined

adjective

1. composed of or combining several usually separate branches of learning or fields of expertise.

   The journal's first article was a multidisciplinary study of the 18th century.

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multidisciplinary British  

/ ˌmʌltɪˈdɪsɪˌplɪnərɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the study of one topic, involving several subject disciplines

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Etymology

Origin of multidisciplinary

First recorded in 1945–50; multi- ( def. ) + disciplinary ( def. )

Compare meaning

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• interdisciplinary vs. multidisciplinary

Example Sentences

Fortuitously, I was there to meet with multidisciplinary artist Stephanie Shih, whose photo-based compositions have the opposite effect, grounding the viewer in their personhood and experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2026

Meta said in a blog post that Muse Spark offered “competitive performance” to models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI, across a range of tasks from agentic coding to multidisciplinary reasoning.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

The project involved a multidisciplinary team from MUSC's Surgery, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine departments.

From Science Daily • Jan. 22, 2026

The complex procedure involved dozens of specialists working across 25 multidisciplinary care teams.

From Science Daily • Dec. 19, 2025

We will support multidisciplinary studies throughout our educational system to build a knowledgeable pool of counterterrorism recruits for the future.

From National Strategy for Combating Terrorism September 2006 by National Security Council (U.S.)

Related Words

• integrative
• interdisciplinary