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Multiply

//ˈmʌltɪplaɪ// adv, noun, verb

Adverb

Adverb

Noun

1
An act or instance of multiplying.
"The extended instruction set may double the speed again if a lot of multiplies and divides are done."

Verb

1
To increase the amount, degree or number of (something). transitive
"The motives to refuse obedience to government are many and strong ; impunity will multiply and enforce them"
2
have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant wordnet
3
To perform multiplication on (a number). transitive
"when you multiply 3 by 7, you get 21; he multiplied several numbers"
4
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) wordnet
5
To grow in number. intransitive

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6
combine or increase by multiplication wordnet
7
To breed or propagate. intransitive
"[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.[…]Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, and that in several cases these bacteria were dividing and thus, by the perverse arithmetic of biological terminology, multiplying."
8
make multiple copies of wordnet
9
To perform multiplication. intransitive
"He had been multiplying, but it occurred to him he needed to resolve the exponents, first."
10
combine by multiplication wordnet
11
To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor). rare, transitive
"This follows a similar process, counters having to be removed and replaced at each stage of the remaining part of the calculation except the final one, where 2 multiplies 3 to give 6."

Etymology 1

From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicō, from multi (“many”) + plicō (“I fold”). The noun presumably derives from the verb.

Etymology 2

From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicō, from multi (“many”) + plicō (“I fold”). The noun presumably derives from the verb.

Etymology 3

From multiple + -ly.

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