{
    "term": "multiple",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "many in number; involving many different people or things",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The shape appears multiple times within each painting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "research based on multiple sources"
                },
                {
                    "text": "multiple copies of documents"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a story that works on multiple levels"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a multiple entry visa"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a multiple birth *(= several babies born to a mother at one time)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a multiple pile-up *(= a crash involving many vehicles)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Buyers can acquire single or multiple units."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a house in multiple ownership/occupancy *(= owned/occupied by several different people or families)*"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "complex in its nature or effects; affecting several parts of the body",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She suffered multiple injuries in the crash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "multiple fractures of the pelvis"
                },
                {
                    "text": "patients with multiple organ failure"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were multiple stab wounds on his body."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪpl/",
                "audio": "mu/multiple/multiple__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪpl/",
                "audio": "mu/multiple/multiple__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from French, from late Latin multiplus, alteration of Latin multiplex ‘multiple’."
}