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English
Etymology
From multi- + lateral.
Pronunciation
Adjective
multilateral (not comparable)
- Having many physical sides.
- Having many sides or points of view.
- (politics) Involving three or more parties or nations.
a multilateral negotiation
1993, James Rochlin, Discovering the Americas: The Evolution of Canadian Foreign Policy Towards Latin America, page 223:Canada has continued to work within this agency to promote a multilateral solution to the problems of narcotrafficking and narcoterrorism.
2017 February 22, Ivana Kottasova, “$1 trillion free trade agreement enters force”, in CNN Business: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 in the U.S.
Translations
having many sides or points of view
involving three or more parties
Noun
multilateral (plural multilaterals)
- (politics) A group with representatives from three or more parties or nations.
Portuguese
Etymology
From multi- + lateral.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mul‧ti‧la‧te‧ral
Adjective
multilateral m or f (plural multilaterais)
- multilateral (having many sides or points of view)
- multilateral (involving more than one party)
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French multilatéral. By surface analysis, multi- + lateral.
Adjective
multilateral m or n (feminine singular multilaterală, masculine plural multilaterali, feminine and neuter plural multilaterale)
- multilateral
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From multi- + lateral.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /multilateˈɾal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: mul‧ti‧la‧te‧ral
Adjective
multilateral m or f (masculine and feminine plural multilaterales)
- multilateral
2015 July 31, “La ‘Colección Mexicana’ en Chile: una historia de solidaridad”, in El País:Por un lado, se propuso ejecutar una política de mayor activismo y estrecho acercamiento hacia mecanismos multilaterales como el Movimiento de los países No Alineados, el Grupo de los 77 y, en general, el Tercer Mundo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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