multilateral

Having many physical sides.

Adjective

  1. Having many physical sides.
  2. Having many sides or points of view.
  3. Involving three or more parties or nations.
    • a multilateral negotiation
    • 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...
    • 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...

Origin

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.

Derived

multilateralism multilateralist multilateralize multilaterally multilateral marriage multilateration nonmultilateral

Noun

  1. A group with representatives from three or more parties or nations.

Forms

multilaterals