multistep

adjective

mul·​ti·​step ˌməl-tē-ˈstep How to pronounce multistep (audio)
-ˌtī-
: involving two or more distinct steps or stages
the first step in a multistep process
a multistep strategy/approach
Play strategy games like chess and Monopoly often, recommends Suzanne Farmer … . They're great practice for making decisions and thinking through multistep problems …Jennifer Kelly Geddes

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It’s designed to coordinate complex workflows across specialized AI agents that can search, reason, summarize, generate content, and directly integrate with APIs to seamlessly deliver multistep process execution. Dean Debiase, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024 Manufacturing those products required a multistep international supply chain. Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024 The vacuum runs up to 50 minutes in eco-mode and has a multistep filtration process designed to remove pet hair and allergens. Nora Colomer, Fox News, 29 Nov. 2024 The effort to deliver aid to the enclave through a maritime corridor, which was announced in March, will involve an elaborate, multistep process. Elena Shao, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for multistep 

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of multistep was in 1903

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“Multistep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multistep. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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