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The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.
Orson Scott Card

Meaning of "multiple" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MULTIPLE

Via French from Late Latin multiplus, from Latin multiplex.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MULTIPLE

multiple  [ˈmʌltɪpəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MULTIPLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Multiple can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MULTIPLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of multiple in the English dictionary

The first definition of multiple in the dictionary is having or involving more than one part, individual, etc. Other definition of multiple is having a number of conductors in parallel. Multiple is also the product of a given number or polynomial and any other one.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MULTIPLE


archetypal
ˌɑːkɪˈtaɪpəl
cripple
ˈkrɪpəl
disciple
dɪˈsaɪpəl
ectypal
ˈektɪpəl
equimultiple
ˌiːkwɪˈmʌltɪpəl
maple
ˈmeɪpəl
municipal
mjuːˈnɪsɪpəl
nipple
ˈnɪpəl
papal
ˈpeɪpəl
participle
ˈpɑːtɪsɪpəl
principal
ˈprɪnsɪpəl
principle
ˈprɪnsɪpəl
ripple
ˈrɪpəl
sipple
ˈsɪpəl
staple
ˈsteɪpəl
stipple
ˈstɪpəl
submultiple
sʌbˈmʌltɪpəl
tipple
ˈtɪpəl
triple
ˈtrɪpəl
tripple
ˈtrɪpəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MULTIPLE

multiplayer
multiple alleles
multiple allelism
multiple birth
multiple choice
multiple collision
multiple crash
multiple exposure
multiple factors
multiple fission
multiple fruit
multiple ownership
multiple personality
multiple pile-up
multiple sclerosis
multiple shop
multiple star
multiple store
multiple voting
multiple-choice

WORDS THAT END LIKE MULTIPLE

anthropic principle
Archimedes´ principle
common multiple
condisciple
exclusion principle
first principle
Heisenberg uncertainty principle
in principle
least common multiple
lowest common multiple
maniple
on principle
past participle
Pauli exclusion principle
Peter Principle
pleasure principle
precautionary principle
present participle
the Peter Principle
uncertainty principle

Synonyms and antonyms of multiple in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MULTIPLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «multiple» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of multiple

Translation of «multiple» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MULTIPLE

Find out the translation of multiple to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of multiple from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «multiple» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多部分的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

múltiple
570 millions of speakers

English

multiple
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متعددة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кратное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

múltiplo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বহু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

multiple
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pelbagai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mehrfach
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多数の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

복합적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sawetara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhiều
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பல
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एकाधिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çoklu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

multiplo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wielokrotność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кратне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mai multe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολλαπλές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verskeie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

multipel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

multiple
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of multiple

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MULTIPLE»

The term «multiple» is very widely used and occupies the 2.135 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MULTIPLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «multiple» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «multiple» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about multiple

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10 QUOTES WITH «MULTIPLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word multiple.
1
Shawn Achor
Research shows you get multiple tasks done faster if you do them one at a time. It also decreases stress and raises happiness.
2
Timothy Garton Ash
The key to the survival of liberty in the modern world is the embrace of multiple identities.
3
John Battelle
I find web browsing, checking multiple email accounts, and Google mapping rather tiresome on an iPhone - the iPhone's native interface, for all its supposed perfection, has all kinds of wrong baked in - and the screen is just far too small.
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Tobin Bell
I've worked with multiple directors throughout the 'Saw' series with a lot of conversations as they bring their particular installment to the screen. If I've been able to do anything throughout the course of these films, it's been to help shape dialogue and to try to make things as delicate and as intelligent as I can.
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Stacey Bendet
I like to change outfits multiple times a day.
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Janine Benyus
Nature works with five polymers. Only five polymers. In the natural world, life builds from the bottom up, and it builds in resilience and multiple uses.
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Eric Betzig
It's nice to be able to look at one protein, but life is driven by the interactions between proteins, so it's really essential to be able to see multiple proteins at a time to understand these interactions.
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Cofer Black
We have to be mindful that there is the certainty that terrorists will attempt to launch multiple attacks against their enemy, which is us and our allies.
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Orson Scott Card
The most important training, though, is to experience life as a writer, questioning everything, inventing multiple explanations for everything. If you do that, all the other things will come; if you don't, there's no hope for you.
10
Alexis Carrel
The love of beauty in its multiple forms is the noblest gift of the human cerebrum.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MULTIPLE»

Discover the use of multiple in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to multiple and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Multiple Imputation for Nonresponse in Surveys
With these new unabridged and inexpensive editions, Wiley hopes to extend the life of these important works by making them available to future generations of mathematicians and scientists.
Donald B. Rubin, 2009
2
The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice
The main text is supplemented by a meta-commentary regarding the theoretical issues posed by ethnographic study./div ""The Body Multiple" is compelling, wonderfully and sometimes slyly well-written, and full of innovative insights into ...
Annemarie Mol, 2002
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Clinical Perspectives on Multiple Personality Disorder
This book contains the most up-to-date information on MPD available written by experts in this field. The first section is a memorial to Cornelia B. Wilbur, M.D., a pioneer in MPD treatment.
Richard P. Kluft, Catherine G. Fine, 1993
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Multiple Comparisons: Theory and Methods
Multiple Comparisons introduces simultaneous statistical inference and covers the theory and techniques for all-pairwise comparisons, multiple comparisons with the best, and multiple comparisons with a control.
Jason Hsu, 1996
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Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision
Comprehensive background material is provided, so readers familiar with linear algebra and basic numerical methods can understand the projective geometry and estimation algorithms presented, and implement the algorithms directly from the ...
Richard Hartley, Andrew Zisserman, 2003
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Rewriting the Soul: Multiple Personality and the Sciences of ...
Rewriting the Soul concludes with a powerful analysis linking historical and contemporary material in a fresh contribution to the archaeology of knowledge.
Ian Hacking, 1998
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Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: An Integrated Approach
It is felt that this two-fold emphasis gives a book which will be of value to the following three groups: Practicing decision analysts or graduate students in MCDA for whom this book should serve as a state-of-the-art review, especially as ...
Valerie Belton, Theodor Stewart, 2002
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Childhood Antecedents of Multiple Personality
Childhood Antecedents of Multiple Personality Disorder includes topics such as the effect of child abuse on the psyche, the development of multiple personality disorder: predisposing, precipitating, and perpetuating factors, and the ...
Richard P. Kluft, 1985
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Multiple Personality: An Exercise in Deception
These are devoted to problems of definition and differential diagnosis; aetiology; psychophysiological, psychometric and experimental studies; attempts at theoretical explanation and the relationship between MPS, hypnosis and dissociation.
Ray Aldridge-Morris, 1991
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Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: State of the Art ...
Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis: State of the Art Surveys provides survey articles and references of the seminal or state-of-the-art research on MCDA.
Salvatore Greco, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MULTIPLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term multiple is used in the context of the following news items.
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29 die as multiple blasts rock Gombe, Nigeria
29 die as multiple blasts rock Gombe, Nigeria. 29 people died and 60 were injured in multiple blasts at two bus stations in the city of Gombe. «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»
2
How to select multiple photos at once in iOS 9
... feature in the Photos app on iOS 9 (preview of new features here) sure to please those who frequently share multiple pictures and videos. «CNET, Jul 15»
3
Prison guard stabbed multiple times in Holmesburg
Officials say a guard was stabbed multiple times inside the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia's Holmesburg section. «6abc.com, Jul 15»
4
Newfoundland professor stable after multiple stabbings at California …
Investigators confirmed that Theodore Norvell, an engineering professor at Memorial University, and his sister Cindy Norvell suffered multiple ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
5
Man shot by police multiple times in Englewood
A 23-year-old man was shot multiple times by two police officers in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood. Police said the man had a gun, but ... «WLS-TV, Jul 15»
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State Patrol: Multiple fatalities in crash on Highway 2
The crash was reported around 6:30 p.m. and the state patrol says there were “multiple confirmed fatalities.” Highway 2 is closed in both ... «Washington Times, Jul 15»
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Man in Brooklyn survives multiple stab wounds
A 27-year-old man was clinging to life after he was stabbed several times in Brooklyn early Wednesday, police said. The victim, whose name ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
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Multiple stabbing on K-Days midway leaves three injured
EDMONTON - Three men were injured Tuesday night in a stabbing on the midway at K-Days. Tim Reid, president of Northlands, said ... «Edmonton Journal, Jul 15»
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Bond set for man accused of low-speed pursuit, punching officer …
Court documents also say, Cairns reportedly got on top of a responding officer and punched him/her multiple times. A struggle continued until ... «KETV Omaha, Jul 15»
10
HECO reports multiple power outages due to surges
Hawaiian Electric is reporting multiple power outages around Oahu due to power surges, according to the Honolulu Department of Emergency ... «KITV Honolulu, Jul 15»

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