multiply

moltiplicare

Calcolare un numero per un altro, per esempio tre per quattro.

In inglese semplice: To calculate a number times another number, such as three times four.

• Multiply four by three.
• She multiplied the price by the number of tickets.
• What do you get if you multiply seven by eight?

Come si usa: multiply A by B (Multiply six by five to get thirty.)

Contrari: divide

Espressioni comuni: multiply by ten, multiply two numbers, multiply by something

moltiplicarsi, moltiplicare

Aumentare molto di numero o far aumentare molto il numero di qualcosa.

In inglese semplice: To become much greater in number, or make something much greater in number.

• Our problems began to multiply.
• The costs multiplied as the project grew.
• Poor communication can multiply the difficulties.

Sinonimi: increase, grow

Contrari: decrease

Espressioni comuni: problems multiply, multiply rapidly, multiply the risk

riprodursi, moltiplicarsi

Generare piccoli o nuovi esseri viventi della stessa specie.

In inglese semplice: To produce young or new living things of the same kind.

• Bacteria multiply quickly in warm food.
• The rabbits multiplied until the island was crowded.
• These cells can multiply without any help.

Sinonimi: reproduce, breed

Espressioni comuni: bacteria multiply, multiply rapidly, cells multiply