Multiplied

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To have enhanced a certain amount by applying a factor through multiplication To have executed a mathematical procedure that results in a numerical increase To have raised the value or count of something by multiplying it with another quantity
2. To have caused a quantity to grow by applying a multiplicative process To have completed an operation that results in a larger numerical value To have transformed an amount into a greater figure through multiplication with another number
3. Having made a number larger by combining it multiplicatively with another number

Etymology: Latin "multiplicare" was built from "multi" ("many") and "plicare" ("to fold"), so to multiply was originally to fold something over many times, and that physical image sits behind the arithmetic sense. The Latin verb passed into Old French as "multiplier," and English took it from there, so the modern verb is a fairly direct borrowing from Old French and Latin rather than a native English formation. The English past form "multiplied" simply adds the regular past ending to the verb, so its history is that of the verb itself. Over time the word moved from the concrete idea of folding something repeatedly to the abstract sense of increasing a quantity, which is the meaning used in mathematics today.

Synonyms: increased, augmented, expanded

Antonyms: divided