multiplied
SayMUL-ti-plyd/ˈmʌltɪplaɪd/
- 1Simple past tense and past participle of multiply.
The bacteria multiplied rapidly in the warm dish overnight.
He multiplied the unit cost by three to estimate the total.
Note
Whether the verb takes an object decides what this form can do. Without one, multiplied means grew in number or bred, and it has no passive: the cells multiplied, never were multiplied. With an object it passes easily into the passive, as in the cost was multiplied by three. Both kinds take have or had: the cells had multiplied; she had multiplied the totals.
multiplied is a form of multiply
multiply, verb: To perform multiplication on a number, combining it with another factor to find their product. Full entry
- Forms
- multiplymultiplies he/she/itmultiplying -ing formmultiplied past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- multiply → multiplied: change y to i, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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