multiply
verb (used with object)
to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
multiplied
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past participleof multiply.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof multiply.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
multiplyverb (used with object)to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
Example Sentences
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The pack likely started as a small group, dumped by their owners, that grew and multiplied when people in the area started feeding them, the county said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
"For years customs have been asked to take on illegal imports with limited resources while small parcels have multiplied out of control," BEUC's Agustin Reyna said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Using an innovative DNA recording technology, the researchers followed how those early cells multiplied, developed specialized roles, and eventually helped form a body with distinct organs and tissues.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
With the outbreak of the Russian Revolution and the U.S. entry into the war in 1917, calls for national self-determination multiplied and intensified across the Central European theater.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
A chiefdom’s one or two levels of administration are greatly multiplied in states, as anyone who has seen an organizational chart of any government knows.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
