Much of this year's activity has been in multifamily units, which include townhouses,semi-detached homes, apartments and condominiums.
3.
comprising several families
multifamily in American English
(ˌmʌltiˈfæməli, -ˈfæmli, ˌmʌltai-)
adjective
designed or suitable for the use of several or many families
multifamily apartment buildings
Word origin
[multi- + family]multi- is a combining form meaning “many,” “much,” “multiple,” “many times,” “more thanone,” “more than two,” “composed of many like parts,” “in many respects,” used inthe formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix multi- include: multifilament, multifoil, multihull, multimedia, multipronged
Examples of 'multifamily' in a sentence
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Multifamily permits also fell 8.8 percent last month.
Houston Chronicle (2000)
The as-yet-unnamed multifamily supervisor will start in the job today.