mul·ti·plex
ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks 
multiplexed; multiplexing; multiplexes
: to send (messages or signals) by a multiplex system
: to multiplex messages or signals
: a complex that houses several movie theaters
Examples of multiplex in a Sentence
Adjective
would sometimes experience multiplex moods in the course of a single day
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Chris Lee, Vulture, 22 May 2025
India’s largest movie chain, PVR INOX has big plans for the country’s movie buffs - in a country as large as this one, the company hopes to get multiplex movie theatres closer to every corner.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
John Stuelpnagel, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2020
Why not cut out distributors completely by going straight to multiplex operators?
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 31 July 2017
Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
Driving the news: This month, Regal Cinemas closed its Centennial neighborhood 13-screen multiplex, the third of the corporation's Portland-area theaters to shutter in the last three years.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
After years of creeping multiplex apathy, people were getting back into the habit of going to the movies.
—Chris Lee, Vulture, 22 May 2025
India’s largest movie chain, PVR INOX has big plans for the country’s movie buffs - in a country as large as this one, the company hopes to get multiplex movie theatres closer to every corner.
—Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
Verb
Perturb-seq provides genomic scale and resolution, allowing both multiplexed intervention in a genome as well as analysis of non-natural configurations for the first time.
—John Stuelpnagel, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2020
Why not cut out distributors completely by going straight to multiplex operators?
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 31 July 2017
Noun
The festival will orient itself around downtown Boulder and the pedestrian-only Pearl Street Mall, which will offer access to restaurants, cafes, vintage theaters, performance arts spaces, a multiplex, a university, and other auditoriums.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2025
Driving the news: This month, Regal Cinemas closed its Centennial neighborhood 13-screen multiplex, the third of the corporation's Portland-area theaters to shutter in the last three years.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Multiplex.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/multiplex. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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multiplex
1 of 2 adjective
mul·ti·plex
ˈməl-tə-ˌpleks
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2
: being or relating to a system of transmitting several messages simultaneously on the same circuit or channel
multiplex
2 of 2 noun
: a complex that houses several movie theaters
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