MULTIPLY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of multiply in English multiplyverb uk /ˈmʌl.tɪ.plaɪ/ us /ˈmʌl.tə.plaɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list [ T or I ]   mathematics   specialized to add a number to itself a particular number of times: multiply something by something If you multiply seven by 15 you get 105. When you multiply two odd numbers, is the answer always odd? I remember learning how to multiply and divide. Compare add divide verb (CALCULATE) subtract [ T or I ] to increase, or to increase something, very much in number: Alzheimer's Disease affects more than 4 million Americans today, and the number is expected to multiply rapidly as the population ages. Major publishers are multiplying the number of titles offered in digital form. [ I ] of living things, to increase by producing new young animals, bacteria, etc.: 18 birds multiplied to 100 in just three years. In warm weather these germs multiply rapidly. Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division

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multiply | American Dictionary

multiplyverb [ I/T ] us /ˈmʌl·təˌplɑɪ/

multiply verb [I/T] (calculate)

Add to word list Add to word list mathematics to add a number to itself a particular number of times: [ T ] If you multiply 7 by 15 you get 105.

multiply verb [I/T] (INCREASE)

to increase greatly in number: [ I ] The viruses multiply within the body. (Definition of multiply from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

multiply | Business English

multiplyverb [ I or T ] uk /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/ us Add to word list Add to word list to increase a lot in number or to make something do this: Lawsuits against big drugs companies have multiplied in recent years. According to Peruvian authorities, chemical fertilizers are multiplying coca leaf production by up to 1,000% per hectare. if you multiply a number, you add another number to it a particular number of times: multiply sth by 6/50/120, etc. Multiply your income by 3 to get a rough idea of what size of mortgage you can apply for.be multiplied by 6/50/120, etc. The total figure must be multiplied by 75% to produce the amount paid out to investors. They learn how to add, subtract, divide, and multiply. (Definition of multiply from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of multiply

multiply In many cases parasites are incapable of surviving and multiplying in the absence of a host organism. From the Cambridge English Corpus Such examples from the linguistic literature could be multiplied, but a survey of different types of incoherence may only increase the confusion. From the Cambridge English Corpus The survival for the first year was estimated by multiplying the matrix detailing the monthly probabilities by itself between 1 and 12 times. From the Cambridge English Corpus For simplicity, this value was not multiplied by 10 as recommended by the manufacturer. From the Cambridge English Corpus Unless one demonstration is more concise, elegant, or general than another, there is no reason to multiply proofs showing one and the same conclusion. From the Cambridge English Corpus The free electron density was calculated multiplying the atomic density of the element for its electron valence. From the Cambridge English Corpus The rice dressing was then kept at warm, outdoor temperatures for many hours, which likely allowed bacteria to further multiply before being served. From the Cambridge English Corpus It would be easy to multiply examples of productive exchanges of this kind. From the Cambridge English Corpus Generation of multiply charged ions at low and high laser-power densities. From the Cambridge English Corpus Brownian dynamics study of a multiply-occupied cation channel - application to understanding permeation in potassium channels. From the Cambridge English Corpus An expected frequency is then obtained by multiplying the sample size by all marginal proportions for the values in the specific pattern. From the Cambridge English Corpus The aspects that seem promising tend in fact to multiply the questions rather than answer them. From the Cambridge English Corpus To enhance safety and system per formance, multiply redundant sensors are installed for measuring key variables in order to create direct measurement redundancy. From the Cambridge English Corpus Our interest is in elliptic operators whose second-order derivatives are multiplied by some parameter that is allowed to be close to zero. From the Cambridge English Corpus This, it was suggested, might be achieved by multiplying the parameter values used to create a coherent vocal simulation by different time-varying functions. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of multiply?

Translations of multiply

in Chinese (Traditional) 大幅增加, 乘，使相乘… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 大幅增加, 乘，使相乘… See more in Spanish multiplicar, multiplicarse… See more in Portuguese multiplicar, multiplicar(-se)… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian （数）に（数）を掛ける, 増加（ぞうか）する, かける… See more art(ır)mak, çoğal(t)mak, çarpmak… See more se multiplier, multiplier, (se) multiplier… See more multiplicar… See more vermenigvuldigen, zich vermenigvuldigen… See more (z)násobit, rozmnožovat (se)… See more gange, formere sig… See more mengalikan, berkembang biak… See more คูณ, เพิ่มจำนวน… See more nhân lên, sinh sôi nảy nở… See more mnożyć (się), mnożyć, rozmnażać się… See more multiplicera, mångfaldiga, föröka sig… See more kali, bertambah… See more multipliziert, vermehren… See more øke, multiplisere, gange… See more 곱하다… See more множити, розмножуватися… See more moltiplicare, moltiplicarsi… See more Need a translator?

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