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multiply

UK
/ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/
US
/ˈmʌltəˌplaɪ/
multiplyverb
multiplied
Past Simple
multiplied
Past Participle
multiplying
Gerund
UK
/ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/
US
/ˈmʌltəˌplaɪ/
Translations
multiplierSens mathématique.
If you multiply six by seven, you get forty-two.
Si tu multiplies six par sept, tu obtiens quarante-deux.
Additional translations
se multiplierSens de croissance ou de reproduction.
Definitions
To perform the mathematical operation of multiplication, combining numbers to obtain their product.
If you multiply six by seven, you get forty-two.
To increase or cause to increase greatly in number; to proliferate or reproduce.
The bacteria multiplied rapidly in the warm broth.
Synonyms
propagate
grow
expand
augment
amplify
escalate
intensify
magnify
proliferate
reproduce
replicate
breed
multiply (duplicate)
compound
exacerbate
increase
multiplyadjective
more multiply
Comp.
most multiply
Super.
Used attributively in technical/scientific contexts (e.g., "a multiply connected surface") meaning ‘having several parts; manifold’.
Translations
Topology often deals with multiply connected spaces.
La topologie traite souvent des espaces à connexions multiples.
Definitions
Having several parts, elements, or instances; manifold; repeated.
Topology often deals with multiply connected spaces.
multiplyadverb
Translations
Additional translations
multiplementEmploi soutenu ou technique, rare en français moderne.
Definitions
In several or many ways, or on many occasions; repeatedly; in multiple fashion.
The outcome was multiply determined by social and economic factors.
Synonyms
manifold
repeatedly
many times
several times
manyfold
frequently
times over
time and again
again and again
often
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