multilateral en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English lateral English multilateral From multi- + lateral.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Having many physical sides.
- (not-comparable) Having many sides or points of view.
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(not-comparable) Involving three or more parties or nations.
Canada has continued to work within this agency to promote a multilateral solution to the problems of narcotrafficking and narcoterrorism.
1993, James Rochlin, Discovering the Americas: The Evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy Towards Latin America, page 223:a multilateral negotiation
That is a sore point for the U.S. President Trump. He has in the past spoken against multilateral trade agreements. He argued that the deals give too much advantage to America's trading partners and lead to job losses in the U.S.
2017 February 22, Ivana Kottasova, “$1 trillion free trade agreement enters force”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
Deriveds
multilateralism · multilateralize · nonmultilateral · multilaterally · multilateration · multilateralist · multilateral marriage
Translations (41)
az çoxtərəfli (involving three or more parties) · fr multilatéral (having many sides or points of view) · cs vícestranný (involving three or more parties) · mk мултилатерален (involving three or more parties) · ka მრავალმხრივი (having many sides or points of view) · uk багатосторо́нній (involving three or more parties) · cs mnohostranný (having many sides or points of view) · be шматбако́вы (having many sides or points of view) · kk көпжақты (having many sides or points of view) · ka მრავალმხრივი (involving three or more parties) · bg многостра́нен (having many sides or points of view) · la multilaterālis (involving three or more parties) · de multilateral (involving three or more parties) · pl wielostronny (having many sides or points of view) · de vielseitig (having many sides or points of view) · fi monenkeskinen (involving three or more parties) · be многабако́вы (having many sides or points of view) · el πολύπλευρος (having many sides or points of view) · cmn 多邊 /多边 (having many sides or points of view) · be многабо́чны (having many sides or points of view) · be многастаро́нні (having many sides or points of view) · el πολυμερής (involving three or more parties) · ru многосторо́нний (having many sides or points of view) · mk повеќестран (having many sides or points of view) · pl wieloboczny (having many sides or points of view) · uk многобі́чний (having many sides or points of view) · az çoxtərəfli (having many sides or points of view) · cs multilaterální (involving three or more parties) · pt multilateral (having many sides or points of view) · fi monitahoinen (having many sides or points of view) · mk повеќестран (involving three or more parties) · de multilateral (having many sides or points of view) · is marghliða (involving three or more parties) · uk багатобі́чний (having many sides or points of view) · uk багатосторо́нній (having many sides or points of view) · is marghliða (having many sides or points of view) · pt multilateral (involving three or more parties) · la multilaterālis (having many sides or points of view) · gv yl-heuagh (having many sides or points of view) · nl multilateraal (having many sides or points of view) · nl multilateraal (involving three or more parties)