Multiply Definition

mŭltə-plī
multiplied, multiplies, multiplying
verb
multiplied, multiplies, multiplying
To cause to increase in number, amount, extent, or degree.
Webster's New World
To increase in number, amount, extent, or degree; specif., to increase by procreation.
Webster's New World
To perform multiplication.
Webster's New World
To find the product of by multiplication.
Webster's New World
To increase in number by reproducing.
American Heritage
Antonyms:
adverb
In multiple ways.
Webster's New World
Antonyms:
noun
(computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Multiply

Noun

Singular:
multiply
Plural:
multiplies

Origin of Multiply

  • Middle English multiplien from Old French multiplier from Latin multiplicāre from multiplex multiplex multiplex

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicō, from multi (“many") + plicō (“I fold").

    From Wiktionary

  • The noun presumably derives from the verb.

    From Wiktionary

  • multiple +"Ž -ly.

    From Wiktionary

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