times vs multiply :

times vs multiply

times or multiply

Times is the product of the previous digit and the following number.

"Eighty nine times four equals three hundred and fifty six."

Multiply means to grow in number or to increase the degree, amount or number of something.

"You'll need to multiply 48 by itself to get the solution to the question."


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Definitions

  • n  a more or less definite period of time now or previously present
    it was a sign of the times
  • n  an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division; the product of two numbers is computed
    four times three equals twelve
  • n  an instance or single occasion for some event
    he called four times
  • n  a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something
  • n  an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities)
  • n  a suitable moment
  • n  the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
  • n  a person's experience on a particular occasion
  • n  a reading of a point in time as given by a clock
  • n  the fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event
  • n  rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration
  • n  the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
  • v  measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
  • v  assign a time for an activity or event
  • v  set the speed, duration, or execution of
  • v  regulate or set the time of
  • v  adjust so that a force is applied and an action occurs at the desired time
    The good player times his swing so as to hit the ball squarely

  • v  combine by multiplication
    multiply 10 by 15
  • v  combine or increase by multiplication
    He managed to multiply his profits
  • v  have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
  • v  have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
  • r  in several ways; in a multiple manner
    they were multiply checked for errors
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    The fourth annual Quad-City Times all-area boys and girls golf teams is senior-heavy, features Division-I talent and includes several all-state recipients.
    June 15, 2013 - Quad-City Times
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    The  Tampa Bay Times  and Bay News 9 will partner to produce a live, televised St. Petersburg mayoral debate before the August primary. The debate, “A Conversation with the Candidates,” is scheduled for 7-8 p.m. on Aug. 6 at the Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College.
    June 14, 2013 - St. Petersburg Times Blogs
  • The New York Times Giveth to Anthony Weiner, and the Times Taketh Away
    Weeks after The New York Times Magazine helped Anthony Weiner launch his comeback campaign, its ink-and-paper sibling has fired a big shot into the side of it. And its not the same bombshell everyone is waiting for. 
    June 13, 2013 - The Atlantic Wire via Yahoo! News

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    Three things determine a company's adherence: Focus, competence, and passion. Multiply them together, and you've got a measure of a company's stick-to-it-tive-ness. At Inc.’s Leadership conference in San Diego this week, co-founder of The L Group and author Lee Colan challenged his audience to rethink the factors that lead to business success. He said that while the temptation to tweak one’s ...
    June 13, 2013 - Inc Magazine
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    Display choices expected to multiply by the end of the year
    June 12, 2013 - Television Broadcast
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    Display choices expected to multiply by the end of the year
    June 12, 2013 - Television Broadcast