{
    "term": "multiply",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "multiply",
            "heSheIt": "multiplies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "multiplied",
        "pastParticiple": "multiplied",
        "ingForm": "multiplying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to add a number to itself a particular number of times",
            "sensetop": "multiply A by Bmultiply A and B (together)multiply something up",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The children are already learning to multiply and divide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "2 multiplied by 4 is/equals/makes 8 *(= 2 × 4  =  8)*.",
                    "contextForm": "multiply A by B"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Multiply the length by the width."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Multiply 2 and 6 together and you get 12.",
                    "contextForm": "multiply A and B (together)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you are cooking for more people, just multiply up the quantities.",
                    "contextForm": "multiply something up"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The results were multiplied by 1 000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Multiply these two figures together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Your pension is a percentage of final salary multiplied by length of service."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The momentum of an object is defined as its mass multiplied by its velocity."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["endlessly", "indefinitely", "greatly"],
                "preposition": ["by"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to increase or make something increase very much in number or amount",
            "sensetop": "multiply something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our problems have multiplied since last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cigarette smoking multiplies the risk of cancer.",
                    "contextForm": "multiply something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film was a great success, with screenings multiplying week by week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Just imagine all the problems we've been having, multiplied a thousandfold."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her bitterness was multiplied by his refusal to apologize."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["endlessly", "indefinitely", "greatly"],
                "preposition": ["by"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to produce young animals, bacteria, etc. in large numbers",
            "sensetop": "multiply something",
            "labels": "(biology)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Rabbits multiply rapidly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Protected reserves help tigers survive and multiply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "microorganisms that multiply rapidly"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is possible to multiply these bacteria in the laboratory.",
                    "contextForm": "multiply something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["endlessly", "indefinitely", "greatly"],
                "preposition": ["by"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/",
                "audio": "mu/multiply/multiply__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪz/",
                "audio": "mu/multiply/multiplies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪd/",
                "audio": "mu/multiply/multiplied__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "mu/multiply/multiplying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/",
                "audio": "mu/multiply/multiply__us_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪz/",
                "audio": "mu/multiply/multiplies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪd/",
                "audio": "mu/multiply/multiplied__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈmʌltɪplaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "mu/multiply/multiplying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplicare."
}