Dictionary Entry
multiply
multiply is a 8-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, verb, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To increase in number; to make more numerous; to add quantity to.
- 2transitive verb
To add (any given number or quantity) to itself a certain number of times; to find the product of by multiplication; thus 7 multiplied by 8 produces the number 56; to multiply two numbers. See the Note under Multiplication.
- 3transitive verb
To increase (the amount of gold or silver) by the arts of alchemy.
- 4intransitive verb
To become greater in number; to become numerous.
- 5intransitive verb
To increase in extent and influence; to spread.
- 6intransitive verb
To increase amount of gold or silver by the arts of alchemy.
- 7verb
have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
"The Bible tells people to procreate"
- 8verb
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
"pandas rarely breed in captivity"
"These bacteria reproduce"
Synonyms
- 9verb
combine or increase by multiplication
"He managed to multiply his profits"
Synonyms
- 10verb
combine by multiplication
"multiply 10 by 15"
- 11adverb
in several ways; in a multiple manner
"they were multiply checked for errors"
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