Multiply

Pronunciation

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Verb

1. Template:Ti verb If you multiply $x$ by $y$, you add $x$ to itself $y$ times.

   Nine multiplied by eleven is ninety nine ($9\times 11=99$).

2. Template:Ti verb If something multiplies, more and more of it exist.

   Problems have multiplied since the beginning of the week.

3. Template:Intransitive If living things multiply, the have babies, or they make more of themselves.

   The bugs seem to be multiplying.

Synonyms

• increase
• grow
• swell
• reproduce

Related words

• multiple
• multiplier
• multiplication