multifaceted

[muhl-tee-fas-i-tid, muhl-tahy-]

adjective

1. having many facets, as a gem.

2. having many aspects or phases.

   a multifaceted problem.

multifaceted

/ ˌmʌltɪˈfæsɪtɪd /

adjective

1. (of a gem) having many facets

2. having many aspects, abilities, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of multifaceted¹

First recorded in 1865–70; multi- + faceted ( def. )

Example Sentences

The market’s reaction suggests enthusiasm for the administration’s multifaceted strategy to overhaul the pharmaceutical industry.

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Dennis Hopper had an astonishingly large, multifaceted life, and so the portrayal of his story, in the hands of Mike Scott, is going to be equally complex.

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“Image is the weird, the prestige, the high and the low of this city. L.A. is not singular, it’s multifaceted, and tonight gives its flowers to that multidimensional L.A.,”

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That would probably be a multifaceted decision involving city and environmental leaders.

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That Ma, an old Silk Road musical warrior, and the multifaceted Kidjo bonded is hardly surprising.

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Related Words

• all-round 
• varied 
• various