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English

Etymology

multi- +? play

Adjective

multiplay (not comparable)

1. Describing a CD player (or similar) that can be preloaded with a stack of CDs
2. (video games) multiplayer

Noun

multiplay (uncountable)

1. (video games) The ability of more than one player to participate in a game at the same time (especially by means of a network).
   • 2008, Jesse Schell, The art of game design (page 93)

     The team has never done networked multiplay for a racing game. We aren't completely sure we can do it.

Hyponyms

• netplay

English

Etymology 1

From Old French multiplier, from Latin multiplic?, from multi (“many”) + plic? (“I fold”).

The noun presumably derives from the verb.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?l?t?-pl?, IPA^(key): /?m?lt?pla?/

Verb

multiply (third-person singular simple present multiplies, present participle multiplying, simple past and past participle multiplied)

1. (transitive) To increase the amount, degree or number of (something).
   • 1786', Fisher Ames, Lucius Junius Brutus

     The motives to refuse obedience to government are many and strong ; impunity will multiply and enforce them

   • 1843, Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London

     It would indeed be easy to multiply modern authorities respecting locustal food; one more authority shall suffice, from which it will appear that the Arabs make a sort of locust bread.

2. (transitive, arithmetic, with by) To perform multiplication on (a number).

3. (intransitive) To grow in number.
4. (intransitive) To breed or propagate.
5. (intransitive, arithmetic) To perform multiplication.

6. (transitive, rare) To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor).
   • 1983, Graham Flegg, Numbers, 2002 Dover edition, ?ISBN, page 154 [1]:

     This follows a similar process, counters having to be removed and replaced at each stage of the remaining part of the calculation except the final one, where 2 multiplies 3 to give 6.

   • 1993, Edward T. Dowling, Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Mathematical Methods for Business and Economics, ?ISBN, page 14 [2]:

     Of all the possible combinations of factors above, only ${\displaystyle (2\cdot 4)+(3\cdot 5)=23}$. Carefully arranging the factors, therefore, to ensure that 2 multiplies 4 and 3 multiplies 5, we have

     ${\displaystyle 6x^{2}+23x+20=(2x+5)(3x+4)}$

Synonyms

• Synonym: manifold

Related terms

Translations

Noun

multiply (plural multiplies)

1. (computer science) An act or instance of multiplying.
   • 1975, Byte (issues 1-8, page 14)

     The extended instruction set may double the speed again if a lot of multiplies and divides are done.

Etymology 2

multiple +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?l?t?-pl?, IPA^(key): /?m?lt?pli/

Adverb

multiply (not comparable)

1. In many or multiple ways.