Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).

    vermehren

    приумно́житьpriumnóžitʹ

    мно́житиmnóžyty, помно́жуватиpomnóžuvaty, помно́житиpomnóžyty

    combine or increase by multiplication

  2. (transitive)To perform multiplication on (a number).

    when you multiply 3 by 7, you get 21; he multiplied several numbers

    malnehmen, multiplizieren

    умножа́тьumnožátʹ, умно́житьumnóžitʹ

    мно́житиmnóžyty, помно́житиpomnóžyty

    combine by multiplication

  3. (intransitive)To grow in number.

    приумножа́тьсяpriumnožátʹsja, умножа́тьсяumnožátʹsja, умно́житьсяumnóžitʹsja

    примно́жуватисяprymnóžuvatysja, збі́льшуватисяzbílʹšuvatysja, збі́льшитисяzbílʹšytysja

  4. (intransitive)To breed or propagate.

    размножатьсяrazmnožatʹsja

    розмно́жуватисяrozmnóžuvatysja, розмно́житисяrozmnóžytysja

  5. (intransitive)To perform multiplication.

    He had been multiplying, but it occurred to him he needed to resolve the exponents, first.

    умножа́тьumnožátʹ

    мно́житиmnóžyty

  6. (rare, transitive)To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).

Examples

71 sentences

  1. Multiply that number by three.

    Помнож це число на три. — deniko

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  2. Four multiplied by two is eight.

    Чотири помножити на два буде вісім. — deniko

    ruЧетырежды два будет восемь. — Hellerick

    deVier multipliziert mit zwei ist acht. — mayabe

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  3. Six multiplied by three is eighteen.

    Шість помножити на три — вісімнадцять. — deniko

    ruШесть умножить на три - восемнадцать. — marafon

    deSechs mal drei ist achtzehn. — bonny37

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  4. Three multiplied by three makes nine.

    Тричі по три — дев'ять. — deniko

    deDreimal drei sind neun. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.

    Не треба примножувати сутності без потреби. — deniko

    deEntitäten dürfen nicht mehr als notwendig vermehrt werden. — Yorwba

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
to increase the amount, degree, or number of:
to grow in number:
to breed or propagate:
Русский
By meaning 4
to increase the amount, degree, or number of:
to perform multiplication on a number:
to grow in number:
to breed or propagate:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to increase the amount, degree, or number of:
to perform multiplication on a number:

Origin

From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicō, from multi (“many”) + plicō (“to fold”)

From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicō, from multi (“many”) + plicō (“to fold”).

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Forms

multiplies, multiplying, multiplied, multiplied
Base formmultiply · to multiply
3rd person singularmultiplies
Present participlemultiplying
Past simplemultiplied
Past participlemultiplied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymultiply
he, she, itmultiplies

Past simpleLesson

all personsmultiplied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave multiplied
he, she, ithas multiplied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill multiply

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Synonym:manifold
Close in meaning
  • combine or increase by multiplication:manifold
  • have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms):breed
  • make multiple copies of:manifold
  • have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant:reproduceprocreate

Antonyms

1 antonyms
divide

Word family

17 related words
Relatedmultiplicativemultiplicationmultiplier
Derivedcross-multiplymultipleemultipliablemultiplicandmultiplicatorymultiplying glassmultiplying lensovermultiplypostmultiplypremultiplyremultiplicationremultiplyunmultipliedunmultiply

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
multiplexmultiplicationmultiplicitymultipolarmultitask
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