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- Dictionarymultiply/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 Opposite
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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.
MULTIPLY definition: 1. to add a number to itself a particular number of times: 2. to increase, or to increase…. Learn more.
MULTIPLY meaning: 1. to add a number to itself a particular number of times: 2. to increase, or to increase…. Learn more.
multiply. When you multiply two numbers, you increase the first by the same number that's specified by the second. In other words, when you multiply two by three, you add together three twos.
When something multiplies, or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount.
Definition of multiply verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
1. When something multiplies or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount. [...] 2. When animals and insects multiply, they increase in number by giving birth to large numbers of young. [...] 3. If you multiply one number by another, you add the first number to itself as many times as is indicated by the second number.
multiply verb (CALCULATE) to add one number to itself a particular number of times: Three multiplied by six equals eighteen. (Definition of multiply from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Define multiply: to increase greatly in number or amount : to become much more numerous—usage, synonyms, more.
