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{
"term": "multiply",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "multiply",
"heSheIt": "multiplies"
},
"pastSimple": "multiplied",
"pastParticiple": "multiplied",
"ingForm": "multiplying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to add a number to itself a particular number of times",
"sensetop": "multiply A by Bmultiply A and B (together)multiply something up",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The children are already learning to multiply and divide."
},
{
"text": "2 multiplied by 4 is/equals/makes 8 *(= 2 × 4 = 8)*.",
"contextForm": "multiply A by B"
},
{
"text": "Multiply the length by the width."
},
{
"text": "Multiply 2 and 6 together and you get 12.",
"contextForm": "multiply A and B (together)"
},
{
"text": "If you are cooking for more people, just multiply up the quantities.",
"contextForm": "multiply something up"
},
{
"text": "The results were multiplied by 1 000."
},
{
"text": "Multiply these two figures together."
},
{
"text": "Your pension is a percentage of final salary multiplied by length of service."
},
{
"text": "The momentum of an object is defined as its mass multiplied by its velocity."
}
],
"topics": ["Maths and measurement"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["endlessly", "indefinitely", "greatly"],
"preposition": ["by"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to increase or make something increase very much in number or amount",
"sensetop": "multiply something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our problems have multiplied since last year."
},
{
"text": "Cigarette smoking multiplies the risk of cancer.",
"contextForm": "multiply something"
},
{
"text": "The film was a great success, with screenings multiplying week by week."
},
{
"text": "Just imagine all the problems we've been having, multiplied a thousandfold."
},
{
"text": "Her bitterness was multiplied by his refusal to apologize."
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["endlessly", "indefinitely", "greatly"],
"preposition": ["by"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to produce young animals, bacteria, etc. in large numbers",
"sensetop": "multiply something",
"labels": "(biology)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Rabbits multiply rapidly."
},
{
"text": "Protected reserves help tigers survive and multiply."
},
{
"text": "microorganisms that multiply rapidly"
},
{
"text": "It is possible to multiply these bacteria in the laboratory.",
"contextForm": "multiply something"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["endlessly", "indefinitely", "greatly"],
"preposition": ["by"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/",
"audio": "mu/multiply/multiply__gb_4.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪz/",
"audio": "mu/multiply/multiplies__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪd/",
"audio": "mu/multiply/multiplied__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "mu/multiply/multiplying__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/",
"audio": "mu/multiply/multiply__us_3.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪz/",
"audio": "mu/multiply/multiplies__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪd/",
"audio": "mu/multiply/multiplied__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "mu/multiply/multiplying__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicare."
}