multidisciplinaryadj.
/ˌmʌltɪˌdɪsᵻˈplɪn(ə)ri/, /ˌmʌltɪˈdɪsᵻplᵻn(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈdɪsəpləˌnɛri/; see also multi- comb. form. Combining or involving several separate disciplines (discipline n. 7).Originally with reference to academic disciplines, but later also used more generally.
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society > education > [adjective] > general
liberal1509
encyclical1616
encyclic1867
multidisciplined1942
multidisciplinary1944
pluri-disciplinary1970
transdisciplinary1979
1944 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 31 17 We are beginning to understand the necessity of what someone has called the ‘multi-disciplinary approach’.
1949 M. Mead Male & Female 460 A multi-disciplinary approach to family-oriented treatment of illness.
1961 Times 13 June 2/4 Senior member of a multi-disciplinary unit.
1965 Math. in Biol. & Med. (Med. Res. Council) p. vii This is no new problem for a multidisciplinary subject like medical research.
1974 Nature 10 May 195/1 This is an outstanding, balanced and humane multidisciplinary book which is much more than an introduction to psychology.
1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 31 Mar. §1. ii. 53/1 The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the award of 123 grants..to organizations that promote multi-disciplinary events in the visual and performing arts.
1991 Times Educ. Suppl. 1 Mar. 30/3 Many teachers are finding that the only sensible way to cover programmes of study is through a well planned multidisciplinary approach.
1993 Hobart (Tasmania) Mercury (Nexis) 4 Oct. The run would join other multi-disciplinary events including the Australian Three Peaks Race, the Cradle to Coast Marathon, [etc.].
2005 S. F. Kane & F. H. Brennan in F. G. O'Connor et al. Sports Med. vi. xcii. 538/2 Triathlons. A unique multidisciplinary event, including sequential swim, bike, and run legs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1944- to speak holiday
- to speak in a man's cast
- to speak in a person's ear
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- to speak in lutestring
- to speak in monosyllables
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- to speak in riddles
- to speak in the nose
- to speak like a book
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- to speak like a print book
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- to speak one's conscience
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- to speak or look daggers
- to speak out
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