Meaning

8 senses
  1. A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.

    14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7

    Vielfache

    кра́тноеkrátnoje, кра́тное число́krátnoje čisló

    кра́тнеkrátne, кра́тне число́krátne čysló

  2. Price-earnings ratio.

  3. One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.

  4. A single individual who displays or experiences multiple personalities or selves.

  5. One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.

  6. A chain store.

  7. A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.

  8. More than one piercing in a single ear.

More definitions
  • the product of a quantity by an integer

Examples

320 sentences
  1. Tom has been shot multiple times.

    deTom ist mehrfach angeschossen worden.

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  2. Tom did that on multiple occasions.

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  3. Tom has attempted suicide multiple times.

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  4. Tom has done that multiple times.

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  5. I've visited Tom multiple times in Boston.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder:
Русский
By meaning 1
a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder:

Origin

From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus.

From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus.

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Forms

plural: multiples
Singularmultiple
Pluralmultiples

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • multiple times times
  • multiple times
  • multiple choice

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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