multiple
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈmʌltɪpəl/
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múltiple
- She has multiple interests, including painting, writing, and hiking.
- multiple-choice
- multiple tests
- multiple sclerosis
And so it's been a struggle in multiple ways since then.
- And so it's been a struggle in multiple ways since then.
- So these are these are multiple forms of skepticism.
- So we're setting it up really fast and in multiple little scenes.
- And it's a combination of multiple virtues.
- Huge, huge question, which comes down to multiple, multiple variables.
- I count that blessing multiple times per day.
- And in many cases, I have multiple copies of the same book.
- And I always was looking for multiple ways to create income.
- And this, of course, is caused by multiple shifting stimuli.
- Or that you're working in multiple areas, not just one area.
Examples
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There was, however, a system in place for creating multiple copies all at once.
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And in many cases, I have multiple copies of the same book.
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But it is an actual car that multiple people were driving around.
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And I always was looking for multiple ways to create income.
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And so it's been a struggle in multiple ways since then.
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Did you honestly think that you were going to be married and have multiple kids and your dream job by the time you were 40?
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What happens when you have multiple entities selling protection?
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Music educators sometimes feel overwhelmed just keeping track of multiple standards, much less teaching them.
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Right now, there are multiple rogue nations with technologies that far exceed our own.
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In reality, educators and voters alike should be looking at multiple measures of a school's effectiveness.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
167
1.0
Separate for each person or thing
60
1.0
Referring to each one in a group separately
15
5.9
Having many different parts or sides
1
6.0
Using several different ways at the same time
1
5.5
Having many different parts or aspects
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
21
5.1
A long-term disease that damages the covering of nerves in the brain and spinal cord, causing weakness and vision problems
19
3.3
Of questions that give several answer choices for you to pick the correct one
- Specialized
17
8.7
A rare mental illness in which one person has two or more different identities that act separately
- Specialized
2
4.3
A cancer of blood cells in the bone marrow that appears in several places
- Specialized
A long-term disease of the nerves that causes patches of damage to their protective covering often causing numbness and weakness
- Specialized
When two elements form different compounds, the masses that combine with the same mass are in small whole number ratios
- Specialized
The smallest number that two or more numbers divide evenly into
- Specialized
The smallest number that each of the given numbers goes into evenly
- Specialized
A number that shows how well several things together predict one result
- Specialized
A food that forms when many flowers grow together, like a pineapple or mulberry
- Specialized
A condition where several single nerves in different body parts stop working
- Specialized
Swelling of many nerves in the body that causes weakness and numbness
- Specialized
A plow that turns over two or more rows of soil at the same time
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Multiple comes from Latin parts multi- meaning 'many' and -plex meaning 'fold', so imagine something 'many-fold' or made of many layers. That image helps: multiple describes things that have more than one part or person.