Meaning & use
multi-day
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UK/ˌmʌlti ˈdeɪ/
US/ˌmʌlti ˈdeɪ/
Meaning
adjectivebefore a noun
Lasting for two or more days in a row.
Grammar: Goes directly before a noun: a multi-day hike, not 'the hike is multi-day' in careful writing.
Patterns
- a multi-day event
- a multi-day trip
We booked a multi-day hike through the mountains.
The city hosts a multi-day music festival every summer.
A multi-day power outage left thousands without heat.
Common combinations
- multi-day event
- The multi-day event draws thousands of visitors.
- multi-day trip
- A multi-day trip needs careful packing.
- multi-day pass
- Buy a multi-day pass for the museums.
- multi-day festival
- The multi-day festival ends on Sunday.
- multi-day conference
- I attended a multi-day conference in Berlin.
Synonyms and how they differ
- several-day
- Several-day is clearer about the number but is rarer and sounds awkward.
- extended
- Extended means longer than usual, not specifically over several days.
- prolonged
- Prolonged suggests something unpleasant lasting too long, while multi-day is neutral.
Opposites
one-day
Word family
Commonly confused: multi-day or daily?
multi-day vs daily
Daily means happening every day, whereas multi-day means one thing that lasts several days.
Practice
The two-night camping trip was a ___ adventure.
Choose one answer.
Multi-day means lasting more than one day. One-day and half-day are shorter, and daily means every day.
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