āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
multiply
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to multiply
01
āĻā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
(mathematics) to add a number to itself a certain number of times
Transitive: to multiply a number by another
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
To find the area of a rectangle, you multiply its length by its width.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻĢāĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§, āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻĨ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to significantly increase in quantity
Intransitive
Transitive: to multiply sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The team 's success can multiply their chances of winning the championship.
āĻĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āĻ¯ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻļāĻŋāĻĒ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨āĻž āĻā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to produce more animals by having them reproduce
Transitive: to multiply animals
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They multiply horses on the ranch to sell to buyers.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĨ¤
04
āĻŦāĻāĻļāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to increase in number by producing offspring
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The fish will multiply in the pond if conditions are right.
āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤
01
in several manners or forms
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
multiplied
multiply
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
