Multiply

Verb1.multiply - combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"
arithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
compute, calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation
square - raise to the second power
cube - raise to the third power
raise - multiply (a number) by itself a specified number of times: 8 is 2 raised to the power 3
fraction, divide - perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
2.multiply - combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"
increase - make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
double, duplicate - increase twofold; "The population doubled within 50 years"
triple, treble - increase threefold; "Triple your income!"
quadruple - increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled"
quintuple - increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"
proliferate - cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"
3.multiply - have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"
procreate, reproduce, multiply - have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be"
pullulate - breed freely and abundantly
4.multiply - have offspring or young; "The deer in our neighborhood reproduce madly"; "The Catholic Church tells people to procreate, no matter what their economic situation may be"
propagate - multiply sexually or asexually
fructify, set - bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify"
multiply, breed - have young (animals); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"
incubate, hatch, brood, cover - sit on (eggs); "Birds brood"; "The female covers the eggs"
create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"
Adv.1.multiply - in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors"
singly - one by one; one at a time; "they were arranged singly"

 

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