multiply

multiplier

Calculer un nombre fois un autre, par exemple trois fois quatre.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : multiply A by B (Multiply six by five to get thirty.)

Contraires : divide

Expressions courantes : multiply by ten, multiply two numbers, multiply by something

se multiplier, multiplier

Devenir beaucoup plus nombreux, ou rendre quelque chose beaucoup plus nombreux.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : increase, grow

Contraires : decrease

Expressions courantes : problems multiply, multiply rapidly, multiply the risk

se reproduire, se multiplier

Produire des petits ou de nouveaux êtres vivants de la même espèce.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : reproduce, breed

Expressions courantes : bacteria multiply, multiply rapidly, cells multiply