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multiplicity |
multiplied |
multiplier |
multiplier factor |
multiplier onion |
Multiply
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| multipolar
| multipotent
| multipresence
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Multiply
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Multiply has 4 senses
- multiply(v = verb.cognition) Array - combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15" is one way to calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out
- multiply(v = verb.change) manifold - combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits" is one way to increase
- multiply(v = verb.body) breed - have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce" is one way to multiply, procreate, reproduce
- multiply(v = verb.body) procreate, reproduce - have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate" is one way to create, make
Antonym: divide
Derived forms noun multiplication3, adjective multiplicative1, noun multiplier1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Derived forms noun multiplication3, noun multiplication2, adjective multiplicative1
Sample sentences:
They Multiply their earnings this year
Their earnings Multiply this year
Derived form noun multiplication1
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
Derived form noun multiplication1
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
Adverbial Multiply has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
- To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to. [1913 Webster]"Impunity will multiply motives to disobedience." [1913 Webster]
- To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication. [1913 Webster]
- To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy. [1913 Webster]
Multiply, v. i.
- To become greater in number; to become numerous. [1913 Webster]"When men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them." [1913 Webster]
- To increase in extent and influence; to spread. [1913 Webster]"The word of God grew and multiplied." [1913 Webster]
- To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Multiply, v. (-ies, -ied)
1 tr. (also absol.) obtain from (a number) another that is a specified number of times its value (multiply
6 by 4 and you get 24).
2 intr. increase in number esp. by procreation.
3 tr. produce a large number of (instances etc.).
4 tr. a breed (animals). b propagate (plants).
1 tr. (also absol.) obtain from (a number) another that is a specified number of times its value (multiply
6 by 4 and you get 24).
2 intr. increase in number esp. by procreation.
3 tr. produce a large number of (instances etc.).
4 tr. a breed (animals). b propagate (plants).
Etymology
ME f. OF multiplier f. L multiplicare (as MULTIPLEX)
THESAURUS
Multiply
abound with, accrue, accumulate, add, advance, aggrandize, algebraize, appreciate, army, augment, balloon, be alive with, be fruitful, be productive, bear, beef up, beget, bloat, boom, boost, breed, breed true, bristle with, broaden, build, burst with, calculate, cast, cipher, cloud, clutter, compute, copulate, crawl with, creep with, crescendo, crossbreed, crowd, crush, develop, divide, dope out, drove, engender, enlarge, estimate, expand, extend, extract roots, father, figure, figure in, figure out, flock, fructify, gain, gain strength, generate, get, get ahead, go up, grow, heighten, horde, host, inbreed, increase, intensify, jam, legion, magnify, make love, measure, mother, mount, multitude, numbers, oodles, outbreed, overflow with, pack, press, procreate, produce, proliferate, propagate, pullulate, pullulate with, push, quantities, reckon, reproduce, reproduce in kind, rise, rout, run up, score, scores, shoot up, sire, snowball, spread, squash, strengthen, subtract, swarm with, swell, take account of, tally, teem, teem with, throng, throng with, upsurge, wax, widen, work outROGET THESAURUS
Multiply
Numeration
VB number, count, tally, tell, call over, run over, take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate, sum, sum up, cast up, tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots, algebraize, check, prove, demonstrate, balance, audit, overhaul, take stock, affix numbers to, page, amount to, add up to, come to.Multitude
VB be numerous, swarm with, teem with, creep with, crowd, swarm, come thick upon, outnumber, multiply, people, swarm like locusts, swarm like bees.Reproduction
VB reproduce, restore, revive, renovate, renew, regenerate, revivify, resuscitate, reanimate, remake, refashion, stir the embers, put into the crucible, multiply, repeat, resurge, crop up, spring up like mushrooms.Productiveness
VB make productive, fructify, procreate, generate, fertilize, spermative, impregnate, fecundate, fecundify, teem, multiply, produce, conceive.
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