multidisciplinary

adjective

mul·​ti·​dis·​ci·​plin·​ary ˌməl-tē-ˈdi-sə-plə-ˌner-ē 

-ˌtī-,

 especially British  -ˌdi-sə-ˈpli-nə-rē

: combining or involving more than one discipline or field of study : interdisciplinary

Treatment requires a multidisciplinary approach involving physicians, nutritionists, psychologists, trainers, and gynecologists …

—Michelle L. Cameron Donaldson

However, the task of interpreting such spectra … will take a multidisciplinary team of astrophysicists, Earth scientists, climate scientists, and biologists.

—Sarah Scoles

Indeed, nanotechnology may change the way we think about mechanical engineering altogether, making it a more multidisciplinary field, one as concerned with atomic-level effects as electrical engineering or chemistry is.

—Stephen L. Girshick and Arun Majumdar

Did you know?

A discipline is a field of study. So a multidisciplinary (or interdisciplinary) course is a team-taught course in which students are asked to understand a single subject as it's seen by two or more traditional disciplines. Multidisciplinary teaching can open students' eyes to different views of a subject that they had never considered before. A multidisciplinary panel discussion, on the other hand, presents views from scholars in different fields but may leave any merging of the information to the audience.

Examples of multidisciplinary in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This sort of multidisciplinary excellence is rare for Olympic competition; athletes are by necessity ultra specialized. —Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025

Joanna Walsh a multidisciplinary writer for print, digital narrative, installation and performance. —Joanna Walsh june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025

The festival starts with an evening of spoken word and music, followed by a reading series and poetry on day two, a multidisciplinary showcase of dance, music, poetry and more on day three and a gospel brunch on day four. —Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2025

Munger, known for his enduring work with his long-time friend Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway, was renowned for his multidisciplinary approach to decision-making. —Dr. Jenny Woo, CNBC, 14 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for multidisciplinary

• cardiopulmonary
• interdisciplinary
• postrevolutionary
• prerevolutionary
• accessary
• adversary
• ancillary
• arbitrary
• aviary
• axillary
• beriberi
• breviary