multi-memberadj.

Brit.

/ˌmʌltɪˈmɛmbə/, U.S.

/ˌməltiˈmɛmbər/; see also multi- comb. form.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multi- comb. form, member n.

Etymology: < multi- comb. form + member n.

1. Politics. In a system of proportional representation: designating or relating to a constituency which returns a number of members in an election. Also: designating a system having such constituencies.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [adjective] > type of constituency

snug1844

three-cornered1882

multi-member1911

marginal1948

supermarginal1955

1911 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 5 551 Proportional representation cannot conveniently be introduced into Swiss federal elections because it involves the substitution of multi-member for single-member districts.

1958 P. Campbell French Electoral Systems i. 19 Since 1945 multi-member constituencies have been used again.

1974 Times 2 Mar. 14/4 Although the [Irish] Republic has a multi-member system, by-elections are necessarily single-member elections.

2000 Times 7 Aug. 12/7 Our preferred position..was STV [sc. Single Transferable Vote] with multi-member constituencies.

2. gen. Having, involving, or consisting of a number of members.

ΚΠ

1940 Jrnl. Politics 2 385 Ten of the sample states have multi-member commissions, and so have the problem of creating some sort of leadership through provision for a chairman.

1969 Systematic Zool. 18 409 In addition to defining the most appropriate set of single- and multi-member clusters, the program provides a centrality-peripherality order of the OTU's [sc. Operational Taxonomic Untis].

1993 Accountancy Feb. 77/1 The documents that are sent..for the legislation of a single-member company are the same as those required for multi-member companies.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	multi-member
释义	multi-memberadj. Brit. /ˌmʌltɪˈmɛmbə/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈmɛmbər/; see also multi- comb. form. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: multi- comb. form, member n. Etymology: < multi- comb. form + member n. 1. Politics. In a system of proportional representation: designating or relating to a constituency which returns a number of members in an election. Also: designating a system having such constituencies. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [adjective] > type of constituency snug1844 three-cornered1882 multi-member1911 marginal1948 supermarginal1955 1911 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 5 551 Proportional representation cannot conveniently be introduced into Swiss federal elections because it involves the substitution of multi-member for single-member districts. 1958 P. Campbell French Electoral Systems i. 19 Since 1945 multi-member constituencies have been used again. 1974 Times 2 Mar. 14/4 Although the [Irish] Republic has a multi-member system, by-elections are necessarily single-member elections. 2000 Times 7 Aug. 12/7 Our preferred position..was STV [sc. Single Transferable Vote] with multi-member constituencies. 2. gen. Having, involving, or consisting of a number of members. ΚΠ 1940 Jrnl. Politics 2 385 Ten of the sample states have multi-member commissions, and so have the problem of creating some sort of leadership through provision for a chairman. 1969 Systematic Zool. 18 409 In addition to defining the most appropriate set of single- and multi-member clusters, the program provides a centrality-peripherality order of the OTU's [sc. Operational Taxonomic Untis]. 1993 Accountancy Feb. 77/1 The documents that are sent..for the legislation of a single-member company are the same as those required for multi-member companies. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1911
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