Meaning & use
Pronged
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Having prongs, or consisting of a specified number of distinct parts or approaches, as in a strategy or attack.
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The farmer used a three-pronged fork to turn the compost.
The government launched a two-pronged approach to tackle inflation and unemployment.
A note on using this word
While literally describing a fork's or tool's spikes, the word is most often used today in figurative phrases like 'multi-pronged strategy.'
Words with a similar meaning
forkedmulti-part
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