multistory
adjective
mul·ti·sto·ry
ˌməl-tē-ˈstȯr-ē 
-ˌtī-
variants
or less commonly multistoried
ˌməl-tē-ˈstȯr-ēd
or chiefly British multistorey
-ˌtī-
ˌməl-tē-ˈstȯr-ē
-ˌtī-
of a building
: having more than two stories
a multistory apartment building
Examples of multistory in a Sentence
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Hale said Pereira’s original concept called for the complex to grow to 24 stages and 2.5 million square feet of production space, including several multistory office buildings.
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Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Many buildings remained intact, some of them old and weather-worn; others modern, multistory concrete-and-glass structures.
—Siyi Zhao Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Rafah (the three most heavily populated parts of the Gaza Strip) are mazes of multistory concrete and brick buildings that are often poorly constructed, rickety, and prone to collapse under artillery or airstrikes.
—David Kilcullen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2023
Last year some 1,500 buildings, including multistory residential complexes, were restored.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2024
But Israel has not provided accounting for targeting in individual strikes, some of which have leveled entire city blocks and complexes of dozens of multistory apartment towers.
—Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023
The earthquake prompted the most severe category of tsunami warnings since 2011, when the catastrophic disaster killed at least 18,000 people after waves as high as 130 feet crashed into coastal towns, sweeping away cars and homes, and destroying multistory buildings.
—Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
The location had earlier been considered for a multistory apartment complex, but that idea was withdrawn.
—Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
Each version begins at or near the same event, one that’s unusually violent for a Kore-eda film: the arson of a multistory commercial building in a small lakefront city in the mountains of central Japan.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Many buildings remained intact, some of them old and weather-worn; others modern, multistory concrete-and-glass structures.
—Siyi Zhao Lam Yik Fei, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
Gaza City, Khan Younis, and Rafah (the three most heavily populated parts of the Gaza Strip) are mazes of multistory concrete and brick buildings that are often poorly constructed, rickety, and prone to collapse under artillery or airstrikes.
—David Kilcullen, Foreign Affairs, 23 Oct. 2023
Last year some 1,500 buildings, including multistory residential complexes, were restored.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Mar. 2024
But Israel has not provided accounting for targeting in individual strikes, some of which have leveled entire city blocks and complexes of dozens of multistory apartment towers.
—Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023
The earthquake prompted the most severe category of tsunami warnings since 2011, when the catastrophic disaster killed at least 18,000 people after waves as high as 130 feet crashed into coastal towns, sweeping away cars and homes, and destroying multistory buildings.
—Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 2 Jan. 2024
The location had earlier been considered for a multistory apartment complex, but that idea was withdrawn.
—Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 July 2023
Each version begins at or near the same event, one that’s unusually violent for a Kore-eda film: the arson of a multistory commercial building in a small lakefront city in the mountains of central Japan.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1871, in the meaning defined above
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“Multistory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multistory. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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