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. — brauchinet

  2. Tom did that on multiple occasions.

  3. Tom has attempted suicide multiple times.

  4. Tom has done that multiple times.

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

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

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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