multistep

adjective

mul·​ti·​step ˌməl-tē-ˈstep How to pronounce multistep (audio)
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: involving two or more distinct steps or stages
the first step in a multistep process
a multistep strategy/approach
Play strategy games like chess and Monopoly often, recommends Suzanne Farmer … . They're great practice for making decisions and thinking through multistep problems …Jennifer Kelly Geddes

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When tasked with complex multistep processes like booking airport parking, Comet Assistant demonstrated the hallucination problems that plague many AI agents — entering wrong dates and trying to complete transactions with incorrect information. Steven Wolfe Pereira, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025 The defining feature of Windsurf is Cascade, an interface that appears next to code and allows access to agentic AI capable of multistep tasks (Cursor supports agentic AI too, but its interface hasn’t received as much praise). IEEE Spectrum, 21 June 2025 The account falsely opened in Middlesex’s name, and many others like it, are way stations in a sophisticated multistep money laundering process that transports cash from U.S. scam victims to crime syndicate bosses in Asia. Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025 Single-scan solutions that deliver immediate value consistently outperform multistep processes across industries. Sharat Potharaju, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for multistep

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of multistep was in 1903

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“Multistep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multistep. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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