What does Multiple mean?

Definitions for Multiple
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. Simone Pika:

    Self-medication — where individuals use plant parts or non-nutritional substances to combat pathogens or parasites — has been observed across multiple animal species including insects, reptiles, birds and mammals, current Biology.Bears two closest living relatives, chimpanzees and bonobos, for instance, swallow leaves of plants with anthelmintic( antiparasitic) properties and chew bitter leaves that have chemical properties to kill intestinal parasites.

  2. Stephen Huvane:

    Giada tapes sometimes three episodes in one day, and they do multiple takes on a close-up of her eating. She doesn’t always eat and swallow every time, since they can do sometimes six to 10 takes with three episodes a day, and that would be like eating six to eight meals a day … The bottom line is, she most certainly does eat the food she prepares on the show, but does not always consume the whole dish, as that would be too much for most people to eat in one day.

  3. Sarah McBride:

    When there is a mix of misogyny, transphobia and racism, people who live in the intersection of multiple identities, the violence they face can be inflamed by the multiplying prejudices.

  4. Andrew Amato-Gauci:

    The increases in syphilis infections that we see across Europe ... are a result of several factors, such as people having sex without condoms and multiple sexual partners, combined with a reduced fear of acquiring HIV.

  5. Jeffrey Lewis:

    Everybody is pretty dug in and there's not a lot of space for forming coalitions that don't cleave in basically the same way across [ multiple ] issues.

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