Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: multiply
IPA transcription: [m'ʌltəpl,aɪ]
Pronunciations of multiply
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r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: multiply
    Meaning: in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: multiply
    Meaning: combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"
  • Synonyms: multiply, manifold
    Meaning: combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"
  • Synonyms: breed, multiply
    Meaning: have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"
Usage examples
  • The Bible says: Multiply.
  • "Count your blessings" and they will multiply.
  • I shall not, however, multiply professions on this head.
  • We multiply our powers of speech by increasing our tools.
  • "Increase and multiply, my friends," said Montgomery. "Replenish the island.
  • Not satisfied with reasonable gain, they sought to multiply it beyond all bounds of need.
  • There was a sound as of the cooing sob of doves, which seemed to multiply and intensify with each second.
  • Multiply that shoreline by the vast area which had housed the Gens of Dalis, and the mental picture is almost too big to grasp.
  • As they are in the modern and English style, I thought I was following the footsteps of Matilda, who wished to multiply around her the images of her beloved country.
  • "Still," replied the Senator, "granting that he might injure himself in a worldly point of view, his elevation through education would multiply his chances for the hereafter--which is the important thing after all, Colonel.
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