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multistep en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Germanic *stapjaną Proto-West Germanic *stappjan Old English stæppan Middle English steppen English step English multistep From multi- + step.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Involving multiple steps
    • a multistep synthesis
    • Once her clients have healed, Ms. Schook said that they rarely return to their previous multistep routines. 2023 December 6, Jessica DeFino, “Too Many Products Can Stress Out Your Skin. Here’s How to Scale Back.”, in The New York Times:
    • Somatic exocytosis of serotonin is a multistep and multiregulated process. 2015, Francisco F. De-Miguel et al., “Serotonin release from the neuronal cell body and its long-lasting effects on the nervous system”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, volume 370, →DOI: