Meaning & use
multivitamin
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Meaning
nouncountable
A pill or capsule that contains several vitamins and often minerals, taken as a supplement.
Grammar: Countable: you take a multivitamin, or take multivitamins regularly.
Patterns
- take a multivitamin
- a daily multivitamin
My doctor suggested I take a multivitamin because my diet is not very varied.
She keeps a bottle of multivitamins in the kitchen cupboard.
A daily multivitamin can help fill small gaps in your nutrition.
Word forms
| plural | multivitamins |
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Common combinations
- take a multivitamin
- He takes a multivitamin with breakfast every morning.
- daily multivitamin
- Many adults use a daily multivitamin as a simple health habit.
- multivitamin supplement
- The store sells a multivitamin supplement for children.
- a bottle of multivitamins
- She bought a bottle of multivitamins at the pharmacy.
Synonyms and how they differ
- vitamin supplement
- A broader term that can mean a product with one vitamin or several; multivitamin is more specific.
- mineral supplement
- Focuses on minerals rather than vitamins, though many products contain both.
Word family
- vitamin noun
- A natural substance needed in small amounts for health.
Practice
Which sentence uses "multivitamin" correctly?
Choose one answer.
A multivitamin is a supplement you take, so "takes a multivitamin" fits. The other options use it as a medicine for a specific problem, as a verb, or as a food, which are not correct.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “multivitamin”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.