| VERB | cognition | multiply | combine by multiplication |
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| change | multiply, manifold | combine or increase / increase by multiplication | |
| body | multiply, breed | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) | |
| body | multiply, reproduce, procreate | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant | |
| ADVERB | all | multiply | in several ways |
| Sounds | mah'ltahplay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | alkali ... walleye: 28 rhymes with lay... | |
| Meaning | In several ways; in a multiple manner. | |
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| Example | "they were multiply checked for errors" | |
| Opposite | singly | one by one |
| Spanish | multiplemente | |
| Adjectives | multiple | having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual |
| Meaning | combine by multiplication. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "multiply 10 by 15" | |
| Category | arithmetic | The branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations |
| Narrower | cube | Raise to the third power |
| raise | Multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times | |
| square | Raise to the second power | |
| Broader | calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure | make a mathematical calculation or computation |
| Opposite | divide, fraction | Perform a division |
| Spanish | multiplicarse, multiplicar | |
| Catalan | multiplicar-se, multiplicar | |
| Adjectives | multiplicative | tending or having the power to multiply or increase / increase in number or quantity or degree |
| Nouns | multiplication | an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division |
| multiplier | the number by which a multiplicand is multiplied | |
| Meaning | combine or increase / increase by multiplication. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | They multiply their earnings this year; Their earnings multiply this year | |
| Example | "He managed to multiply his profits" | |
| Synonym | manifold | |
| Narrower | double, duplicate | increase / increase twofold |
| proliferate | Cause to grow or increase / increase rapidly | |
| quadruple | increase / increase fourfold | |
| quintuple | increase / increase fivefold | |
| triple, treble | increase / increase threefold | |
| Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
| Spanish | multiplicarse, multiplicar | |
| Catalan | multiplicar-se, multiplicar | |
| Adjectives | multiplicative | tending or having the power to multiply or increase / increase in number or quantity or degree |
| Nouns | multiplication | an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division |
| multiplication | a multiplicative increase / increase / increase / increase | |
| Meaning | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms). | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | breed | |
| Narrower | pullulate | Breed freely and abundantly |
| Broader | reproduce, procreate, multiply | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant |
| Spanish | criar, multiplicarse, multiplicar | |
| Catalan | augmentar, criar, engendrar, multiplicar-se, multiplicar | |
| Nouns | multiplication | the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production |
| Meaning | have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | reproduce, procreate | |
| Category | biology, biological science | The science that studies living organisms |
| Narrower | breed, multiply | have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms) |
| brood, hatch, cover, incubate | Sit on (eggs) | |
| fructify, set | bear fruit | |
| propagate | Multiply sexually or asexually | |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Spanish | multiplicarse, multiplicar, procrear, proliferar, reproducirse, reproducir | |
| Catalan | multiplicar, procrear, reproduir-se, reproduir | |
| Nouns | multiplication | the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production |
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