Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make manifold; increase in number or quantity; make more by natural generation or reproduction, or by accumulation, addition, or repetition: as, to
multiply men or horses; to multiply evils. - In arithmetic, to perform the operation of multiplication upon. See
multiplication , 2. - To increase (the precious metals) by alchemical means. See
multiplication , 3. - To grow or increase in number or extent; extend; spread.
- In arithmetic, to perform the process of multiplication. See
multiplication , 2. - To increase gold or silver by alchemical means.
- In a manifold way.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
- transitive verb (Math.) To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication. See the Note under
Multiplication . - transitive verb obsolete To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.
- transitive verb (Mach.) gear for increasing speed.
- transitive verb (Opt.) See under
Lens . - intransitive verb To become greater in number; to become numerous.
- intransitive verb To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
- intransitive verb obsolete To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In
many ormultiple ways . - verb transitive To
increase theamount ,degree ornumber of (something). - verb transitive, arithmetic To
perform multiplication on (a number). - verb intransitive To grow in number.
- verb intransitive To
breed orpropagate . - verb intransitive, arithmetic To
perform multiplication . - verb transitive, rare To be a
factor in a multiplication with (another factor). - noun computer science An act or instance of multiplying.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb combine by multiplication
- verb have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
- verb have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
- verb combine or increase by multiplication
- adverb in several ways; in a multiple manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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You want the line art layer to be in multiply mode, this effectively makes the white parts transparent, letting the colour layer underneath show through.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Diary of a Cartoonist: Episode 11 2006
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When the "*" token is matched, we call the multiply instruction, and so on.
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The highest ranked sequences are then allowed to "multiply" - copied and subjected to random changes.
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The cells are no longer able to divide and multiply, which is why retinoblastoma occurs very rarely after the age of 5 years.
Retinoblastoma - Diagnosing and Treating Retinoblastoma in Children 2009
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Transliteration from Russian is standardized, but transliteration from Kazakh offers several options Kazakh is written with Cyrillic letters, but at least two additional characters, so the possibilities in English multiply.
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They showed that the reticulum can be described as a multiply folded, more or less deflated sack occupying most of the cytoplasm.
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A pasture can be improved by encouraging the good grasses to grow and multiply, that is, grasses which are richest in fodder units.
Chapter 6 1976
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Many of the issues involved are of a so highly technical nature as to confuse the layman, especially when Hebrew terms multiply, that he believes the issues must be left to professional theologians and is all too ready to follow their guidance if they adopt, as is often the case, a tone of utter finality.
Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1 1892-1972 1942
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The bugle calls multiply till the woods seem filled with an advancing army and the yells split the sky.
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You might want to practice this now, in your mind (or in the mirror!), before summer hits and catcalls multiply exponentially:
TheGloss Jen Dziura 2010
wiredweird commented on the word multiply
(Mul-ti-PLY) perform an operation in arithemtic
(MUL-ti-Plee) More than once
March 27, 2007