multiply

1. 1.

   in several ways; in a multiple manner

   “they were multiply checked for errors”

   Antonymssingly

Other forms of multiply

past tense or participle

multiplied

present participle

multiplying·

third person

multiplies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about multiply

What does multiply mean?

multiply means "combine by multiplication". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in multiply?

multiply has 3 syllables: mul-ti-ply. The stress falls on "mul". In IPA it is /ˈmʌltəˌplaɪ/.

What is another word for multiply?

Close synonyms include manifold, breed, reproduce, procreate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of multiply?

The recorded antonyms are divide, singly.

Is multiply a common word?

multiply is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with multiply?

8 words rhyme with multiply. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.