to multiply
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3.2
- verb
- /ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪ/
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multiplicar
- After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Thompson saw their struggles multiply as joblessness, homelessness, and hopelessness were everywhere.
- multiply exponentially
- continue to multiply
- multiply opportunities
It spreads and then it multiplies, and where it multiplies is in bagged mulch.
- It spreads and then it multiplies, and where it multiplies is in bagged mulch.
- And that only multiplies the problem and shoe.
- Am I adding, am I multiplying the efforts that he's making?
- Well, he certainly knows how to multiply his pennies.
- Like that was a food coma multiplied by flight.
- And we could multiply even more examples of this.
- Because they know I know how to multiply money.
- But if you celebrate the happiness of others, you multiply your happiness.
- How to Take the Lead, Play bigger and Multiply Your Impact.
- They'll kind of self seed and multiply and blanket an area.
- What you don't plant won't multiply what you neglect.
- It's gifts we've been given and go continue to multiply those talents and gifts.
- There are millions of activities that we can multiply with pretexts and we do.
Examples
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But if you celebrate the happiness of others, you multiply your happiness.
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Since focusing all my energies on the Web, my outreach has multiplied manyfold.
Academic text (2011) -
Because they know I know how to multiply money.
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Then we go forth and multiply!
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In finding your other half, the gifts of your life will multiply.
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So there's lots of ways to multiply your time.
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Unfortunately, demands on those resources are multiplying in number and growing in intensity.
Academic text (1999) -
China's exports of electronics also multiplied with the rapid growth of Taiwan's investment in that industry.
Academic text (1999) -
As the bacteria reproduce, they begin to multiply at an alarming rate.
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The population of the small town is expected to multiply over the next decade due to the new factory opening.
Synonyms
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1.0
To make something larger or more in number
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1.8
Make something larger in number, amount or degree
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2.5
To grow larger in size, amount, or importance
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4.9
To make an exact copy of something, often in a lab
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5.3
To make something bigger by adding more to it
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4.0
To make a copy of something that looks like the original
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9.5
Increase quickly in number or make something increase quickly
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3.9
Increase the size or amount of something so it still works well
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7.8
To do something again in the same way to copy the original
Make something again so it looks like the original
To make several copies of a document using carbon paper
Antonyms
How Many
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Multiply comes from the Latin parts multus ('many') and plicare ('to fold'), giving the basic idea of 'making many'. So when we say bacteria multiply, we mean they become many or make more copies.