multilevel

adjective

mul·​ti·​lev·​el ˌməl-tē-ˈle-vəl How to pronounce multilevel (audio)
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variants or multi-level or less commonly multileveled or multi-leveled
: having more than one level: such as
a
: having multiple horizontal lines or surfaces at different heights
a multilevel parking garage
… a pink multi-level shopping mall featuring fountains, statuary, hanging lanterns, columns and arches …L. J. Schneiderman
[Chef Bob] Del Grosso taught in what appeared to be an old-fashioned lecture classroom—with … long curved multileveled rows of permanent seating.Michael Ruhlman
b
: having a scale (as of difficulty or achievement) with multiple positions or ranks
This multilevel action game is easy enough for even small children to master, although older kids may be challenged by the higher levels.Bob Strauss

see also multi-level marketing

Examples of multilevel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web More:The Old Shillelagh in Greektown to add walk-up window with breakfast bowls, smoothies Multi-level space At its core, Doyles is a multilevel space meant to be relaxing and casual. Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024 Our stars weave up and down and in and out of a multilevel room replete with stairs and banisters and handrails and furniture for jumping on (and throwing villains off) and over and through. Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 Our model combines all this data using multilevel regression with post-stratification (scroll down for more details on this). Kabir Khanna, CBS News, 28 June 2024 Their strategy is multilevel: striking deals with individual countries, integrating their initiatives or components of them into multilateral organizations, and embedding their proposals into global governance institutions. Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for multilevel 

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Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of multilevel was in 1905

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“Multilevel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multilevel. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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