multiply

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to increase greatly in number or amount.

v. to increase significantly in quantity or intensity. Often used intransitively to describe rapid growth.

日本語:増える※

“Complaints from customers began to multiply after the price increase.”

“As the economic crisis deepened, the challenges facing the small business community continued to multiply at an alarming rate.”

C1 · Advanced Science Technical

v. to produce many young animals or plants.

v. to breed or propagate offspring, typically in large numbers.

日本語:繁殖する※

“Bacteria can multiply very quickly in warm conditions.”

“Under ideal laboratory conditions, the virus can multiply within the host cells in a matter of hours.”

C2 · Proficiency Formal · Academic

adv. in many different ways or in multiple places.

adv. in a multiple manner; in many ways or parts.

“The author is multiply talented, working as a writer, painter, and musician.”

“The study suggests that the protein is multiply regulated by several distinct cellular pathways simultaneously.”