Meaning & use
multisite
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a noun
Involving or running several separate locations, branches, or websites at the same time.
Grammar: Comes before the noun it describes: a multisite company. It is not usually used after a verb.
Patterns
- a multisite company
- a multisite network
- a multisite installation
The hospital became a multisite trust after merging with three smaller clinics.
They run a multisite church with services in four different towns.
Our multisite network lets one login work across all the company blogs.
nouncountablecomputing
A single system or software setup that serves or manages more than one website or location.
Grammar: Countable, so you can say a multisite or two multisites. It is common in computing and business writing.
Patterns
- set up a multisite
- manage a multisite
The developer set up a multisite so each language version had its own address.
Managing a multisite takes more planning than running one small site.
Common combinations
- multisite network
- The university uses a multisite network to connect its campuses.
- multisite church
- Their multisite church holds the same service in three buildings.
- multisite installation
- A multisite installation can share one database across many pages.
- multisite operation
- The chain runs a multisite operation across the whole region.
- multisite management
- Good multisite management keeps every branch on the same schedule.
Synonyms and how they differ
- multi-location
- Very close in meaning, but used more for shops, offices, and clinics than for websites.
- networked
- Focuses on the connections between sites; multisite simply says there is more than one.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: multisite or multicity?
multisite vs multicity
Multicity means happening in several cities, while multisite means having several locations or websites, which may all be in one city.
Practice
The charity opened a ___ office in every major town.
Choose one answer.
Multisite fits because the charity has several separate offices. Multicity would mean the offices are in several cities, which the sentence does not say, and sites or site do not fit before office.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “multisite”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.