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combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"
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increase make bigger or more; "The boss finally increased her salary"; "The university increased the number of students it admitted"
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duplicate,
double make or do or perform again; "He could never replicate his brilliant performance of the magic trick"
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treble,
triple sing treble
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quadruple increase fourfold; "His stock earning quadrupled"
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quintuple increase fivefold; "The population of China quintupled"
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proliferate cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"
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| multiply -
combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15"
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fraction,
divide perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?"
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compute,
cipher,
cypher,
figure,
calculate,
reckon,
work out understand; "He didn't figure her"
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arithmetic the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations
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square make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
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cube raise to the third power
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raise raise the level or amount of something; "raise my salary"; "raise the price of bread"
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| multiply -
have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant; "The Bible tells people to procreate"
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reproduce,
procreate |
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create,
make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
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biological science,
biology the science that studies living organisms
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propagate multiply sexually or asexually
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fructify,
set bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify"
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breed,
multiply have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"
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incubate,
brood,
hatch,
cover grow under conditions that promote development
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| multiply -
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms); "pandas rarely breed in captivity"; "These bacteria reproduce"
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breed |
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procreate,
multiply,
reproduce combine or increase by multiplication; "He managed to multiply his profits"
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pullulate breed freely and abundantly
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Adverb
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| multiply -
in several ways; in a multiple manner; "they were multiply checked for errors"
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singly one by one; one at a time; "they were arranged singly"
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