MULTIPLY (multiplied)

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Irregular inflected form: multiplied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does multiply mean? 

• MULTIPLY (verb)
  The verb MULTIPLY has 4 senses:

1. combine by multiplication

2. combine or increase by multiplication

3. have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

4. have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

  Familiarity information: MULTIPLY used as a verb is uncommon.

• MULTIPLY (adverb)
  The adverb MULTIPLY has 1 sense:

1. in several ways; in a multiple manner

  Familiarity information: MULTIPLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULTIPLY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they multiply    ... he / she / it multiplies   
Past simple: multiplied   
Past participle: multiplied   
-ing form: multiplying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Combine by multiplication

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

multiply 10 by 15

Hypernyms (to "multiply" is one way to...):

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

Domain category:

arithmetic (the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "multiply"):

square (raise to the second power)

cube (raise to the third power)

raise (multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

divide (perform a division)

Derivation:

multiplication (an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed)

multiplicative (tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree)

multiplier (the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Combine or increase by multiplication

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

manifold; multiply

Context example:

He managed to multiply his profits

Hypernyms (to "multiply" is one way to...):

increase (make bigger or more)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "multiply"):

double; duplicate (increase twofold)

treble; triple (increase threefold)

quadruple (increase fourfold)

quintuple (increase fivefold)

proliferate (cause to grow or increase rapidly)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence examples:

They multiply their earnings this year
Their earnings multiply this year

Derivation:

multiplication (an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed)

multiplication (a multiplicative increase)

multiplicative (tending or having the power to multiply or increase in number or quantity or degree)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

breed; multiply

Context example:

pandas rarely breed in captivity

Hypernyms (to "multiply" is one way to...):

multiply; procreate; reproduce (have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "multiply"):

pullulate (breed freely and abundantly)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

multiplication (the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

multiply; procreate; reproduce

Context example:

These bacteria reproduce

Hypernyms (to "multiply" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "multiply"):

propagate (multiply sexually or asexually)

fructify; set (bear fruit)

breed; multiply (have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms))

brood; cover; hatch; incubate (sit on (eggs))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

multiplication (the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production)

• MULTIPLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In several ways; in a multiple manner

Context example:

they were multiply checked for errors

Antonym:

singly (one by one; one at a time)

Pertainym:

multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)

 Context examples 

OPCs are found to multiply in the brains of multiple sclerosis patients as if to respond to myelin damage, but for unknown reasons they are not effective in restoring white matter.

(Drugs that activate brain stem cells may reverse multiple sclerosis, NIH)

Current treatments help to prevent the virus from multiplying.

(The Structure and Dynamics of HIV Surface Spikes, NIH)

By multiplying this amount of time by the speed of the particles, which is nearly the speed of light, scientists determine the maximum distance traveled.

(NuSTAR Probes Black Hole Jet Mystery, NASA)

If therapy stops too soon, these "persisters" start multiplying and the patient relapses, often with strains that are resistant to the drugs.

(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)

Current treatment with antiretroviral therapy helps to prevent the virus from multiplying.

(HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study, NIH)

After seven days, the researchers found that ZIKV had replicated in certain glioblastoma cells and prevented them from multiplying, while the ordinary neural tissue cultures remained largely uninfected.

(Zika virus selectively infects and kills glioblastoma cells in mice, National Institutes of Health)

The cells then stopped multiplying, and this suggests damage in the DNA.

(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)

On this day, the Sun will align to exact degree with Jupiter, the giver of gifts and luck, and the Sun will multiply Jupiter’s gifts many times over.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

As cells divide and multiply, they make copies of their DNA, so any spelling mistakes will be reproduced.

(‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits, University of Cambridge)

A drug that may inhibit tumor cells from multiplying.

(BIBX 1382, NCI Dictionary)