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multiply
1[ muhl-tuh-plahy ]
verb (used with object)
- to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
- Arithmetic. to find the product of by multiplication.
- to breed (animals).
- to propagate (plants).
- to increase by procreation.
verb (used without object)
- to grow in number, quantity, etc.; increase.
Synonyms: mushroom, grow, proliferate
- Arithmetic. to perform the process of multiplication.
- to increase in number by procreation or natural generation.
multiply
2[ muhl-tuh-plee ]
adverb
- in several or many ways; in a multiple manner; manifoldly.
multiply
/ ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪ /
verb
- to increase or cause to increase in number, quantity, or degree
- tr to combine (two numbers or quantities) by multiplication
- intr to increase in number by reproduction
multiply
/ mŭl′tə-plī′ /
- To perform multiplication on a pair of quantities.
Derived Forms
- ˈmultiˌpliable, adjective
Other Words From
- self-multi·plied adjective
- self-multi·plying adjective
- un·multi·plied adjective
- un·multi·plying adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of multiply1
Word History and Origins
Origin of multiply1
Example Sentences
You might have heard that to get a dog’s “biological” age, just multiply its age in years by seven.
When given food, even the most ancient microbes revived themselves and multiplied, researchers report July 28 in Nature Communications.
Divide this number by the total number of people asked and multiply it by 100 to get a percentage score.
For pensions to work, money paid by governments and employees is invested, and the stock market multiplies the dollars to pay for pension checks guaranteed to workers in retirement.
As humans clear swaths of forest for agriculture or roads, forest edges multiply, increasing spillover risk from once-isolated wildlife to humans and livestock.
Idiocies multiply in direct proportion to the accumulating legal rigidities.
A flamboyant, multi-titled, multiply married royal to remember, the Duchess of Alba died Thursday at the age of 88.
Multiply that number by 365 and you get more than 30,000 families who suffer from gun violence over the course of a year.
As the assemblies multiply and spread, the disparity between communities has thrown up a series of issues.
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
And thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.
And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for corn, and will multiply it, and will lay no famine upon you.
It would be easy to multiply individual cases supporting the same general principles.
It was still summer, and the gnats had begun to multiply to a prodigious and alarming extent.
And he is still with them; hoping that they may multiply and replenish the earth, and spread Presbyterianism muchly.
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