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   multiply

   /ˈmʌltɪplʌɪ/

   verb

   • 1. obtain from (a number) another which contains the first number a specified number of times: "multiply fourteen by nineteen"
   • 2. increase or cause to increase greatly in number or quantity: "ever since I became a landlord my troubles have multiplied tenfold" Similar increaseincrease exponentiallygrowbecome more numerousaccumulateproliferatemount upmushroomsnowballburgeonspreadexpandliterary:waxOpposite decreasediminish
   • ▪ (of an animal or other organism) increase in number by reproducing: "listeria and other bacteria were able to multiply in very low temperatures" Similar breedreproduceprocreatepropagate
   • ▪ propagate (plants): "researchers multiply these varieties to provide new plants for the farmers"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicare.

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   What does multiply mean?

   • The meaning of MULTIPLY is to increase in number especially greatly or in multiples : augment. How to use multiply in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Multiply.

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   What does multiplicar mean?

   • multiplicar… multiplicar, multiplicar (-se)… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! MULTIPLY definition: 1. to add a number to itself a particular number of times: 2. to increase, or to increase….

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   What happens when something multiplies?

   • When something multiplies or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount. Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. [VERB] The scale of change multiplies the difficulties and the risks involved. [VERB noun]

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   How do you multiply a number?

   • When you're doing simple math problems, you can multiply by memorizing lists of times tables — or you can add one number as many times as the second number: four times two is the same as two fours, or eight. Another way to multiply is simply to increase or expand greatly: "If the diner starts serving homemade pie, their profits will multiply ."

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   multiply: [verb] to increase in number especially greatly or in multiples : augment.

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   MULTIPLY definition: 1. to add a number to itself a particular number of times: 2. to increase, or to increase…. Learn more.

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   Multiply definition: to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.. See examples of MULTIPLY used in a sentence.

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   multiply: 1 v combine by multiplication “ multiply 10 by 15” Antonyms: divide , fraction perform a division Types: 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 Type of: calculate , cipher , compute , cypher , figure , reckon , work ...

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   3 meanings: 1. to increase or cause to increase in number, quantity, or degree 2. to combine (two numbers or quantities) by.... Click for more definitions.

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   And we learned up here, this part of the video, we learned that this same multiplication could also be interpreted as 3 times 4. You can switch the order and this is one of the useful and interesting actually, kind of properties of multiplication. But this could also be written as 4 three times. 4 plus 4 plus 4.

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   MULTIPLY definition: 1. to increase by a large number, or to make something increase by a large number: 2. to add one…. Learn more.