multiply

Do times tables

To multiply is to increase in number or amount.

In arithmetic, multiplying combines quantities: three multiplied by four equals twelve.

Living things multiply by reproduction: Bacteria multiply rapidly in warm conditions.

Problems, difficulties, and opportunities also multiply—they grow more numerous: Our troubles multiplied after the factory closed.

The adverb multiply means in multiple ways: multiply disadvantaged.

math

times

Occurrences or multiplications

arithmetic · calculate · algebra · divisor · dividend · integer · decimal · fraction · exponent · square

reproduce

breed

Cultivated variety of animal

offspring · fertility · mate · procreate · regenerate · clone · replicate · divide · mitosis · cells

increase

amplify

Increase in strength

escalate · heighten · expand · augment · compound · accumulate · snowball · balloon · surge · swell

spread

proliferate

Reproduce or spread swiftly

burgeon · explode · boom · overrun · infest · metastasize · pervade · scatter · disseminate · disperse

Categories
Opposites
mathematical operation

multiplydivide

Separate into parts

fraction · halve · quarter · bisect · partition

quantity change

multiplydivide

Separate into parts

reduce · decrease · diminish · die out · die off

Phrases
Family

multiple, multiplication, multiplying, multiplied, multiplicity, multiplies, multiplier, multipliers

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