Multiply is an English word with synonyms like reproduce or procreate. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Multiply meaning
- To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
- To perform multiplication on (a number).
- To grow in number.
Synonyms of Multiply
Using Multiply
- The main meaning on this page is: To increase the amount, degree or number of (something). | To perform multiplication on (a number). | To grow in number.
- Useful related words include: reproduce, procreate, make, breed.
- In the example corpus, multiply often appears in combinations such as: to multiply, multiply and, multiply the.
Context around Multiply
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Multiply
- In this selection, "multiply" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fowl, attend, operations, instruction, shift and ambassador stand out and add context to how "multiply" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ability to multiply investors wealth and alien hybrids multiply tearful hospital. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "multiply" sits close to words such as athena, baylor and beginners, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with multiply
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Every utterance is monitored, tagged and sent back out into the wild to multiply. (14 words)
I have strong hope in my people to multiply any little given to them. (14 words)
Bed bugs can quickly multiply, and it can be hard to get the pests under control. (16 words)
I’m tired of having to apply what I call the “E” exaggeration factor – take the schedule told – and multiply by 2 or 3. Like after the April test – they mentioned they would be ready again in two months. (39 words)
Explaining how the F-35B would work with the rest of the SAF's warfighting systems, COL Yap said the fighter's individual capabilities will multiply the effectiveness of other aircraft deployed alongside it. (34 words)
Let's do a little math here: What do you get when you have a warehouse gym, subtract air conditioning, add summer temperatures and multiply by one of the most intense fitness regimens around. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
On currently available processors, a bit-wise shift instruction is faster than a multiply instruction and can be used to multiply (shift left) and divide (shift right) by powers of two.
Aleksandr Lukashenko expressed confidence that cultural workers would continue to multiply the riches of the national art, educate the younger generation on traditional values and pride for the Motherland.
Any business that allows one of its employees to attend multiply ambassador training will receive compensation up to the value of £100 for the person's time spent out of the workplace.
As pyrolysis operations multiply there will likely be a surplus of carbon black, so Modern Hydrogen is experimenting with adding it to concrete and asphalt as potential new products.
Bed bugs can quickly multiply, and it can be hard to get the pests under control.
Conversely, while extreme weather events multiply and global warming remains high on the list of priorities for most people, the Greens don’t seem to have benefited.
Darkness thickens, white-collar crimes multiply, and politicians sing for joy because it is business as usual.
Every utterance is monitored, tagged and sent back out into the wild to multiply.
Explaining how the F-35B would work with the rest of the SAF's warfighting systems, COL Yap said the fighter's individual capabilities will multiply the effectiveness of other aircraft deployed alongside it.
Flexera delivers SaaS-based IT management solutions that enable enterprises to accelerate digital transformation and multiply the value of their technology investments.
Had there been a race for tax-saving funds, several schemes could have been eligible to participate to claim the championship, depending on their age and ability to multiply investors’ wealth.
He also said that another 40 were sent to the National Root Crop Research Institute, Umudike in Abia State to learn how to multiply cassava stem and become cassava stem multiplication entrepreneurs.
However, the problem with rules is that the longer they exist, the more they multiply and diverge from their original aim.
If you’re using a different amount of lettuce, you can figure out that each ounce costs about 16 cents and multiply as needed.
I have strong hope in my people to multiply any little given to them.
I’m tired of having to apply what I call the “E” exaggeration factor – take the schedule told – and multiply by 2 or 3. Like after the April test – they mentioned they would be ready again in two months.
In a pivotal mythology episode where alien hybrids multiply, tearful hospital bedside scenes with a fading Penny and terrified Scully are decidedly human.
India’s Space economy today stands at a modest $8 billion, but our own projection is that by 2040 it will multiply manifold.
Let's do a little math here: What do you get when you have a warehouse gym, subtract air conditioning, add summer temperatures and multiply by one of the most intense fitness regimens around.
Common combinations with multiply
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to multiply 48×
- multiply and 33×
- multiply the 25×
- and multiply 23×
- multiply that 14×
- can multiply 12×
- multiply by 11×
- will multiply 10×
- multiply in 6×
- then multiply 6×