Multiply
11multiply */ — UK [ˈmʌltɪplaɪ] / US [ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪ] verb Word forms multiply : present tense I/you/we/they multiply he/she/it multiplies present participle multiplying past tense multiplied past participle multiplied 1) [intransitive] to increase by a large… …
12multiply — [[t]mʌ̱ltɪplaɪ[/t]] multiplies, multiplying, multiplied 1) V ERG When something multiplies or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount. Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries... [V n] Her husband …
13multiply — mul|ti|ply [ mʌltı,plaı ] verb * 1. ) intransitive to increase by a large amount: Within the last 10 years, both sales and profits have multiplied. a ) transitive to increase something by a large amount: He has multiplied his fortune many times.… …
14multiply — 01. Two [multiplied] by two equals four. 02. His problems only [multiplied] when he began to drink. 03. Nigel is learning division and [multiplication] in arithmetic now. 04. Kids today hardly know their [multiplication] tables because they use… …
15multiply — mul|ti|ply [ˈmʌltıplaı] v past tense and past participle multiplied present participle multiplying third person singular multiplies [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: multiplier, from Latin multiplicare, from multiplex; MULTIPLEX] 1.) [I and …
16multiply — I. verb ( plied; plying) Etymology: Middle English multiplien, from Anglo French multiplier, from Latin multiplicare, from multiplic , multiplex multiple Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to increase in number especially greatly or in… …
17multiply — verb ADVERB ▪ endlessly, indefinitely ▪ greatly ▪ exponentially, quickly, rapidly ▪ microorganisms that multiply rapidly …
18multiply — [13] Multiply is one of a large family of English words based on Latin multus ‘much’, a word of uncertain origin which may be related to Greek mála ‘very’ and Latin melior ‘better’. Multiply itself comes from the Latin derivative multiplicāre,… …
19multiply — verb 1 (I, T) to increase greatly or make something increase greatly: Our chances of success had multiplied several times over. | This vast stock of computerized images has multiplied the possibilities open to the artist. 2 (I, T) to do a… …
20multiply — [13] Multiply is one of a large family of English words based on Latin multus ‘much’, a word of uncertain origin which may be related to Greek mála ‘very’ and Latin melior ‘better’. Multiply itself comes from the Latin derivative multiplicāre,… …
