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multiply

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/

The English word “multiply” has 9 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
  2. To perform multiplication on (a number).
  3. To grow in number.
  4. To breed or propagate.
  5. To perform multiplication.
  6. To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).

noun

  1. An act or instance of multiplying.

adverb

  1. In many or multiple ways.

adjective

  1. Having more than one ply or layer; multilayered.

Etymology

From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicō, from multi (“many”) + plicō (“to fold”). The noun presumably derives from the verb.

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