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US
/ˈməɫtəˌpɫaɪ/
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ADVERB
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in several ways; in a multiple manner
they were multiply checked for errors
VERB
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combine by multiplication
multiply 10 by 15 -
have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
The Bible tells people to procreate
These bacteria reproduce -
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
pandas rarely breed in captivity -
combine or increase by multiplication
He managed to multiply his profits
How To Use multiply In A Sentence
- Carrying the burden of disease used to multiply with the multitude of small and large illegible chits and forms they had to carry with them every time they visited the hospital.
- Take the maximum draw weight of the bow required and multiply this by a factor of 5.
- Ian Hecht at Marturia. net fires one of the first Terra Insegura reviews into the the blogosphere, and though he has some quibbles (not to be confused with tribbles – although both can multiply rapidly on occasion, tribbles are furrier), in general, he likes it. LeaderPost preview of Follies, avec moi
- After a cut on the face or an exudation into the lungs, the loose tissues and multiple vessels allow the proliferating cells to obtain rich nourishment; absorption can take place readily, and the part regains its normal condition entirely, while a bruise at the heel or at the withers finds a dense, inextensible tissue where the multiplying elements and exuded fluids choke up all communication, and the parts die Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
- The next problem is how to multiply and divide numbers involving fractions.
- Energy is more readily conveyed to the various parts of the smaller mass, and hence the lesser organisms will more actively functionate; and this, as being the urging dynamic attitude, as well as that most generally favourable in the struggle, will multiply and favour such forms of life. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays
- They are best left undisturbed where they will naturalise and multiply. Times, Sunday Times
- The bugle calls multiply till the woods seem filled with an advancing army and the yells split the sky. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom
- Nevertheless the political and diplomatic links which bound her to the rest of the continent were slowly multiplying and becoming stronger.
- The contaminative problem of environmental hormone have threatened the continuous exist and multiply of human.