multiply
Translation
to multiply, to increase, to breed
Examples
If you multiply four by five, you get twenty.
If you multiply four by five, you get twenty.
Rabbits multiply very quickly.
Rabbits multiply very quickly.
Grammar Patterns
((sth.)) by ((sth.)) to perform multiplication on (sth.) Multiply this number by three.
(intransitive) to increase in number or amount Our problems have multiplied recently.
Similar Words
Synonyms: increase, expand, reproduce; Antonyms: divide, decrease
Etymology
From Latin "multiplicare", from "multi-" (many) + "plicare" (to fold). To make many folds.
Memory Tips
This is the verb form of "multiplication". Remember it as the action of making something "multiple".