multivolume

American  

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

Or multivolumed

adjective

1. consisting of or encompassing several volumes.

   a multivolume encyclopedia.

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Etymology

Origin of multivolume

First recorded in 1935–40; multi- + volume

Example Sentences

Most important is his monumental, multivolume history of New York’s built environment since the Civil War—the latest entry, “New York 2020: Architecture and Urbanism at the Beginning of a New Century,” appearing a month before his death.

From The Wall Street Journal

Eighty-nine-year-old Caro has devoted most of his writing life to just two projects: “The Power Broker,” his magisterial 1974 biography of New York urban planner Robert Moses, and an epic multivolume biography of Lyndon Baines Johnson.

From Los Angeles Times

Rodriguez and Hammack are ideally situated to undertake this multivolume work.

From Salon

Lucas Ferrara, an adjunct professor at New York Law School and co-author of the multivolume book “Landlord and Tenant Practice in New York,” said a potential tenant might be able to fight the meat ban if, for example, they showed they had a medical condition that required some sort of “reasonable accommodation” on the landlord’s part.

From Seattle Times

As this book moves into its final third, you sense the author echolocating between two other major biographies, Robert Caro’s multivolume life of Lyndon Johnson and Beverly Gage’s powerful recent biography of J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime F.B.I. director.

From New York Times