Multiply the number of dependents you are claiming by one thousand dollars.
•Multiply 12 by 16 and tell me what you get.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
multiply — mul‧ti‧ply [ˈmʌltplaɪ] verb multiplied PTandPP [intransitive, transitive] 1. to increase greatly or to make something increase greatly: • Program length commercials are multiplying nationwide. • This year we hope to multiply exports to about… … Financial and business terms
multiply */ — UK [ˈmʌltɪplaɪ] / US [ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪ] verb Word forms multiply : present tense I/you/we/they multiply he/she/it multiplies present participle multiplying past tense multiplied past participle multiplied 1) [intransitive] to increase by a large… … English dictionary
multiply — mul|ti|ply [ mʌltı,plaı ] verb * 1. ) intransitive to increase by a large amount: Within the last 10 years, both sales and profits have multiplied. a ) transitive to increase something by a large amount: He has multiplied his fortune many times.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
multiply — [[t]mʌ̱ltɪplaɪ[/t]] multiplies, multiplying, multiplied 1) V ERG When something multiplies or when you multiply it, it increases greatly in number or amount. Such disputes multiplied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries... [V n] Her husband … English dictionary
multiply — mul|ti|ply [ˈmʌltıplaı] v past tense and past participle multiplied present participle multiplying third person singular multiplies [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: multiplier, from Latin multiplicare, from multiplex; MULTIPLEX] 1.) [I and … Dictionary of contemporary English
multiply — verb 1 (I, T) to increase greatly or make something increase greatly: Our chances of success had multiplied several times over. | This vast stock of computerized images has multiplied the possibilities open to the artist. 2 (I, T) to do a… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
multiply — [ˈmʌltɪˌplaɪ] verb [I/T] 1) to increase, or to increase something 2) to add a number to itself a particular number of times If you multiply 3 by 3, you get 9.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
multiply — 1. verb /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ,ˈmʌltɪpli/ a) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something). b) To perform multiplication on (a number). See Also: demultiply … Wiktionary
raise something to — Mathematics multiply a quantity to (a specified power). → raise … English new terms dictionary
billionfold — 1. adjective A billion times so; a billionfold dilution 2. adverb In a billionfold way; by a billion degrees; on a scale of a billion; as, to multiply something a billionfold, to magnify something a billionfold, something which is a billionfold… … Wiktionary
remultiply — [c]/riˈmʌltəplaɪ/ (say ree multuhpluy) verb (remultiplied, remultiplying) –verb (t) 1. to multiply (something) again. –verb (i) 2. to multiply again. –remultiplication …
