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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Manufacturing those products required a multistep international supply chain. Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024 The vacuum runs up to 50 minutes in eco-mode and has a multistep filtration process designed to remove pet hair and allergens. Nora Colomer, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024 The effort to deliver aid to the enclave through a maritime corridor, which was announced in March, will involve an elaborate, multistep process. Elena Shao, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024 Best Practices For Implementation Deploying modern cloud OLAP is a multistep process. Artyom Keydunov, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024 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 18 Dec. 2024.

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