multiply
verb (used with object)
to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
has multiplied
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present perfectof multiply (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Revenue over the past 13 years has multiplied, and growth has gotten smoother.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Robinhood, the online brokerage, offers traders the option to request shares of companies with plans to go public—including BitGo—and has said that demand for IPO access has multiplied over the past year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
For Teboho Klaas, the religion programme officer at The Other Foundation, which champions LGBTQ+ rights in southern Africa, his killers may have cut his life short "but not his legacy because he has multiplied himself".
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
What began on New Year’s Eve in 1907 as a promotional stunt for the New York Times has multiplied and regionalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2023
And to meet the demand, the number of commercial enterprises peddling guided ascents of the Seven Summits, especially Everest, has multiplied correspondingly.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
