multiply
1to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
Arithmetic. to find the product of by multiplication.
to breed (animals).
to propagate (plants).
to increase by procreation.
to grow in number, quantity, etc.; increase.
Arithmetic. to perform the process of multiplication.
to increase in number by procreation or natural generation.
Origin of multiply
1Other words for multiply
Other words from multiply
- self-mul·ti·plied, adjective
- self-mul·ti·ply·ing, adjective
- un·mul·ti·plied, adjective
- un·mul·ti·ply·ing, adjective
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Other definitions for multiply (2 of 3)
in several or many ways; in a multiple manner; manifoldly.
Origin of multiply
2Other definitions for multi-ply (3 of 3)
having or composed of several plies: a multi-ply fabric.
Origin of multi-ply
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How to use multiply in a sentence
You might have heard that to get a dog’s “biological” age, just multiply its age in years by seven.
To figure out your dog’s ‘real’ age, you’ll need a calculator | Bethany Brookshire | August 12, 2020 | Science News For StudentsWhen given food, even the most ancient microbes revived themselves and multiplied, researchers report July 28 in Nature Communications.
These ancient seafloor microbes woke up after over 100 million years | Carolyn Gramling | July 28, 2020 | Science NewsDivide this number by the total number of people asked and multiply it by 100 to get a percentage score.
Seven brand health metrics and how to measure them | Aleh Barysevich | July 24, 2020 | Search Engine WatchFor pensions to work, money paid by governments and employees is invested, and the stock market multiplies the dollars to pay for pension checks guaranteed to workers in retirement.
Here’s Where Local Pensions Funds Stand After Losing Billions to the Pandemic | Ashly McGlone | July 24, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoAs humans clear swaths of forest for agriculture or roads, forest edges multiply, increasing spillover risk from once-isolated wildlife to humans and livestock.
To prevent the next pandemic, we might need to cut down fewer trees | Jonathan Lambert | July 23, 2020 | Science News
Idiocies multiply in direct proportion to the accumulating legal rigidities.
A flamboyant, multi-titled, multiply married royal to remember, the Duchess of Alba died Thursday at the age of 88.
multiply that number by 365 and you get more than 30,000 families who suffer from gun violence over the course of a year.
As the assemblies multiply and spread, the disparity between communities has thrown up a series of issues.
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis | The Daily Beast | March 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd thou didst multiply riddles in parables: thy name went abroad to the islands far off, and thou wast beloved in thy peace.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousAnd I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for corn, and will multiply it, and will lay no famine upon you.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousIt would be easy to multiply individual cases supporting the same general principles.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes BennettIt was still summer, and the gnats had begun to multiply to a prodigious and alarming extent.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoAnd he is still with them; hoping that they may multiply and replenish the earth, and spread Presbyterianism muchly.
Our Churches and Chapels | Atticus
British Dictionary definitions for multiply
/ (ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪ) /
to increase or cause to increase in number, quantity, or degree
(tr) to combine (two numbers or quantities) by multiplication
(intr) to increase in number by reproduction
Origin of multiply
1Derived forms of multiply
- multipliable or multiplicable, adjective
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Scientific definitions for multiply
[ mŭl′tə-plī′ ]
To perform multiplication on a pair of quantities.
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