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ˈmʌl tə pəlmul·ti·ple

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. multipleadjective

    the product of a quantity by an integer

    "36 is a multiple of 9"

  2. multipleadjective

    having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual

    "multiple birth"; "multiple ownership"; "made multiple copies of the speech"; "his multiple achievements in public life"; "her multiple personalities"; "a pineapple is a multiple fruit"

Wiktionary

  1. multiplenoun

    A number that may be divided by another number with no remainder.

  2. multiplenoun

    Price-earnings ratio.

  3. multiplenoun

    One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.

  4. multipleadjective

    Having more than one element, part, component, or function.

    My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.

  5. Etymology: From multiple.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Multipleadjective

    A term in arithmetick, when one number contains another several times: as, nine is the multiple of three, containing it three times.

    Etymology: multiplex, Latin.

ChatGPT

  1. multiple

    Multiple refers to the condition of consisting of, including, or involving more than one. It can also refer in mathematics to a number that can be divided by another number without any remainder. Additionally, "multiple" is used in finance to represent the price to earnings ratio. It generally indicates a quantity, amount, or degree that is more than one or greater than single.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Multipleadjective

    containing more than once, or more than one; consisting of more than one; manifold; repeated many times; having several, or many, parts

  2. Multiplenoun

    a quantity containing another quantity a number of times without a remainder

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. multiple, and E. quadruple, and multiply.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Multiple

    mul′ti-pl, adj. having many folds or parts: repeated many times.—n. a number or quantity which contains another an exact number of times.—n. Mul′tiplepoinding (Scots law), a process by which a person who has funds claimed by more than one, in order not to have to pay more than once, brings them all into court that one of them may establish his right.—Common multiple, a number or quantity that can be divided by each of several others without a remainder; Least common multiple, the smallest number that forms a common multiple. [L. multiplexmultus, many, plicāre, to fold.]

The Standard Electrical Dictionary

  1. Multiple

    A term expressing connection of electric apparatus such as battery couples, or lamps in parallel with each other. In the ordinary incandescent lamp circuits the lamps are connected in multiple. Synonym--Multiple Arc.

Editors Contribution

  1. multiple

    A known quantity.

    Multiple amounts of people are getting married this year, the hotel has many weddings in preparation.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'multiple' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4111

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'multiple' in Adjectives Frequency: #552

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of multiple in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of multiple in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of multiple in a Sentence

  1. Katie Hobbs:

    I don't remember the timeline or how many times this happened, but when we didn't give Talonya Adams the answer that Talonya Adams wanted, Talonya Adams went to -- directly to... Wendy( Baldo) or the Arizona Senate president, even after being redirected( to Winkler) multiple times.

  2. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner:

    Witnesses describe the suspect as Hispanic male( and) say that he got out of his vehicle and immediately fired upon the deputy multiple times, striking him and then drove off.

  3. Gaelan Bloomfield:

    The market for medicinal cannabis in Australia is substantial. The number of patients that could be targeted could be people with epilepsy, Multiple sclerosis, while there is the other spectrum of people with chronic pain.

  4. Andrew Green:

    In the circumstances where you have the CEO of a systemically important bank that fails - and is failing across multiple areas ... it seems it's pretty obvious and in the public interest that he should have been investigated in early 2009.

  5. Tim Michetti:

    The unique blend of material is consistent with multiple interdictions over the years that have been definitively linked back to Iran, co-mingled with items identical to those recovered from Iran-aligned groups in the region.

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