DEFINITIONS

multiple-choice

[ muhl-tuh-puh l-chois ]
/ ˈmʌl tə pəlˈtʃɔɪs /

adjective

consisting of several possible answers from which the correct one must be selected: a multiple-choice question.
made up of multiple-choice questions: a multiple-choice exam.

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multiple star, multiple store, multiple symmetric lipomatosis, multiple vision, multiple voting, multiple-choice, multiple-unit car, multiple-valued, multiple-valued function, multiplepoinding, multiplet

Origin of multiple-choice

First recorded in 1925–30
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British Dictionary definitions for multiple-choice

multiple-choice

adjective

having a number of possible given answers out of which the correct one must be chosen
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