multipolar
pronunciation
How to pronounce multipolar in British English:
UK [ˌmʌltɪ'pəʊlə]
How to pronounce multipolar in American English:
US [ˌmʌltə'poʊlə]
Word Origin
- multipolar (adj.)
- also multi-polar, 1859, from multi- + polar. Related: Multipolarity.
Example
- 1. But in a multipolar world there is competition between poles .
- 2. In part , that is because europe itself is multipolar .
- 3. Such assertiveness punctures happy euro-dreams of a multipolar world .
- 4. The country obama inherits , the report warns , will no longer be able to ' call the shots ' alone in an increasingly multipolar world .
- 5. If copenhagen is the moment that defines the new multipolar world , it could herald a chaotic future .