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Confusables Entry 1069 / 1350 60-second read

Uni- vs. Multi-

One (Latin) versus many (Latin).

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

A multilateral agreement involves a single party.

✓ Correct

A multilateral agreement involves several parties.

The ruleii

UNI- = one. MULTI- = many.

UNI- is Latin "one" (unify, uniform, unicorn). MULTI- is Latin "many" (multilateral, multiply, multimedia). Latin pair mirroring the Greek mono-/poly-.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Unicorn has one horn. Multicorn would be several.

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