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mul·ti·ply 1
(mŭl′tə-plī′)v. mul·ti·plied, mul·ti·ply·ing, mul·ti·plies
v.tr.
1. To increase the amount, number, or degree of. See Synonyms at increase.
2. Mathematics To perform multiplication on.
v.intr.
1. To grow in amount, number, or degree: Shops multiplied along the main street.
2. To increase in number by reproducing: "The people increased both in the dales and the plains, and their horses multiplied" (J.R.R. Tolkien).
3. Mathematics To perform multiplication.
[Middle English multiplien, from Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicāre, from multiplex, multiplex; see multiplex.]
mul·ti·ply 2
(mŭl′tə-plē′)adv.
In many or multiple ways.
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multiply
(ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪ)vb, -plies, -plying or -plied
1. to increase or cause to increase in number, quantity, or degree
2. (Mathematics) (tr) to combine (two numbers or quantities) by multiplication
3. (intr) to increase in number by reproduction
[C13: from Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicāre to multiply, from multus much, many + plicāre to fold]
ˈmultiˌpliable, ˈmultiˌplicable adj
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mul•ti•ply1
(ˈmʌl təˌplaɪ)v. -plied, -ply•ing. v.t.
1. to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
2. to find the product of by multiplication.
3. to increase by procreation.
v.i. 4. to grow in number, quantity, etc.; increase.
5. to perform the process of multiplication.
6. to increase in number by procreation or natural generation.
mul•ti•ply2
(ˈmʌl tə pli)adv.
in several or many ways.
[1880–85]
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mul·ti·ply
(mŭl′tə-plī′) To perform multiplication on a pair of quantities.
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multiply
Past participle: multiplied
Gerund: multiplying
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| Verb | 1. | multiply - combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15" arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations compute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation square - raise to the second power cube - raise to the third power raise - multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3 |
| 2. |  multiply - combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted" quadruple - increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled" quintuple - increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled" proliferate - cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms" | |
| 3. | multiply - have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" procreate, reproduce, multiply - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" pullulate - breed freely and abundantly | |
| 4. | multiply - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms propagate - multiply sexually or asexually | |
| Adv. | 1. | multiply - in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors" singly - one by one; one at a time; "they were arranged singly" |
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multiply
verb
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multiply
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Translations
يَتَكَاثَرُيَتَكاثَريَضْرب عَدداً في آخر
násobitrozmnožovat
formere siggangemultiplicere
kertoalisääntyämoninkertaistua
množiti
megsokszorozódikmegszorozsokszorosítszoroz
margfaldamargfaldast, fjölga sér
増す
증대시키다
daugintidaugybapadauginti
pavairotreizinātvairotvairoties
násobiťvynásobiť
množitirazmnoževati se
multiplicera
คูณ
çarpmakçoğal mak
nhân
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multiply
[ˈmʌltɪplaɪ] vt [+ number] → multiplier
to multiply 6 by 3 → multiplier six par trois
to multiply sth by sth → multiplier qch par qch
to multiply 6 by 3 → multiplier six par trois
to multiply sth by sth → multiplier qch par qch
vi
(= proliferate) → se multiplier
(= do multiplication sums) → faire des multiplications
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
multiply
vt
(Math) → multiplizieren, malnehmen; to multiply 8 by 7 → 8 mit 7 multiplizieren or malnehmen; 4 multiplied by 6 is 24 → 4 mal 6 ist 24
(fig) → vervielfachen, vermehren
vi
(Math) (person) → multiplizieren; (numbers) → sich multiplizieren lassen
(fig) → zunehmen, sich vermehren or vervielfachen
(= breed) → sich vermehren
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multiply
(ˈmaltiplai) verb1. to add a number to itself a given number of times and find the total. 4 + 4 + 4 or 4 multiplied by 3 or 4 3 = 12.
2. to (cause to) increase in number, especially by breeding. Rabbits multiply very rapidly.
ˌmultipliˈcation (-pli-) noun the act of multiplying numbers.
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multiply
→ يَتَكَاثَرُ násobit multiplicere multiplizieren πολλαπλασιάζω multiplicar moninkertaistua multiplier množiti moltiplicare 増す 증대시키다 vermenigvuldigen multiplisere pomnożyć multiplicar умножать multiplicera คูณ çarpmak nhân 增加Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
multiply
vt, vi (pret & pp -plied) multi-plicar(se)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.