multivolume

or mul·ti·vol·umed

[ muhl-tee-vol-yoom, muhl-tahy- ]
/ ˌmʌl tiˈvɒl yum, ˌmʌl taɪ- /

adjective

consisting of or encompassing several volumes: a multivolume encyclopedia.

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Origin of multivolume

First recorded in 1935–40; multi- + volume

Words nearby multivolume

multiversity, multivibrator, multivitamin, multivocal, multivoltine, multivolume, multiwall, multiwindow, multnomah falls, multum in parvo, multure
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Example sentences from the Web for multi-volume

  • The latter is another history that no lover of multi-volume explorations of political character should be without.

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