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multivolume

American  
[muhl-tee-vol-yoom, muhl-tahy-] / ˌmʌl tiˈvɒl jum, ˌmʌl taɪ- /
Or multivolumed

adjective

  1. consisting of or encompassing several volumes.

    a multivolume encyclopedia.


Etymology

Origin of multivolume

First recorded in 1935–40; multi- + volume

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

From Salon Feb. 13, 2025

They learned a lot from this intimate tutelage in wartime leadership, and years later, they summed up those lessons in a multivolume history of the Lincoln administration.

From Washington Post Aug. 17, 2021

Some readers are waiting for the next installment in Robert Caro’s multivolume Lyndon Johnson biography as avidly as George R. R. Martin fans eager for “The Winds of Winter” to arrive at last.

From New York Times Apr. 15, 2021

Corliss combed old science journals for unusual and unexplained reports, compiling them into a multivolume “Catalog of Anomalies.”

From Seattle Times May 31, 2020

It was part of a multivolume set called Narrative of the Surveying Voyages ofHMS Adventure and Beagle Between the years 1826 and 1836.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman

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