# Multi\_match and wildcard-or-regexp-or-prefix

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-and-wildcard-or-regexp-or-prefix/13161>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 10, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-and-wildcard-or-regexp-or-prefix/13161 "2013-08-10T11:08:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Costas\_Kotsokalis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/costas_kotsokalis/32/2167_2.png) [@Costas\_Kotsokalis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Costas_Kotsokalis)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-and-wildcard-or-regexp-or-prefix/13161/1 "2013-08-10T11:08:07Z")

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Hi,

I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to build a query that combines a  
multi\_match with either a regexp or a wildcard or a prefix query. Is there  
a way to achieve this?

Thanks in advance,

Costas

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-and-wildcard-or-regexp-or-prefix/13161/2 "2017-07-06T02:21:44Z")

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