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- pronunciation:
- muhl
tih
plaI
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
multiplies, multiplying, multiplied |
| definition 1: |
to increase the number, degree, or quantity of.
Losing her job only multiplied her problems.- synonyms:
- augment, increase
- similar words:
- boost, double, enlarge, expand, hike, jack up, raise, triple
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| definition 2: |
to find the product of (two numbers) by the arithmetic process of multiplication.
You get one hundred when you multiply ten by ten.- antonyms:
- divide
- similar words:
- calculate, cipher, compute
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| related words: |
aggrandize, amplify, augment, compound |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to become increased in number, degree, or quantity.
The show's audience multiplied when the popular actor joined the cast.- synonyms:
- accumulate, augment, grow, increase, mount, rise
- similar words:
- accrue, appreciate, enlarge, proliferate, snowball, wax
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| definition 2: |
to procreate.
Rabbits multiply very quickly.- synonyms:
- breed, increase, procreate, proliferate, propagate, reproduce
- similar words:
- spawn
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| definition 3: |
to perform arithmetic multiplication.
- antonyms:
- divide
- similar words:
- calculate, cipher, compute, reckon
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| related words: |
accumulate, augment, grow, procreate |
adverb + (v.)multiply
faster, forth, greatly, quickly, vastly
(v.)multiply
+ adverb
dramatically, endlessly, exponentially, fast, fivefold, indefinitely, rapidly, sixfold, tenfold
(v.)multiply
+ noun
array,
bacterium,
baseline,
bunny,
capacity,
collision,
decimal,
divide,
dollar,
effectiveness,
estimate,
factor,
fraction,
frequency,
gram,
height,
herd,
infinity,
instruction,
length,
loaf,
margin,
matrix,
mile,
millions,
minute,
number,
onion,
percentage,
probability,
profit,
quantity,
rabbit,
ratio,
recipe,
score,
share,
speed,
strain,
sum,
value,
wealth,
weight,
width
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The word multiply
contains the following parts:
multi-
Latin
prefix
that means many
  Example words:
multicolored, multicultural, multidisciplinary, multifaceted, multifarious, multimillionaire, multiparous, multiple, multiply, multitask, multitude, multitudinous
- synonyms:
- poly
plic, plex, ply
Latin
root
that means fold, plait
Example words:
accomplice, applicant, apply, complex, complicate, display, duplex, duplicate, explicable, explicate, implicate, implication, imply, inexplicable, multiplication, multiply1, perplex
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