EGAVE

multiple

About 50.04 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. determiner More than one (followed by plural). .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
    My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.
  2. adjective Having more than one element, part, component, or function, having more than one instance, occurring more than once, usually contrary to expectations (can be followed by a singular).
    Some states do explicitly prohibit multiple citizenship.
  3. adjective Of a person: displaying or experiencing two or more distinct personalities or selves in one body.
  4. noun A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.
    14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7
  5. noun Price-earnings ratio.
  6. noun One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
  7. noun A single individual who displays or experiences multiple personalities or selves.
  8. noun One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.

Similar words

manifold twofold duple dual double bigeminal triune triple ternary threefold

Often followed by

sclerosis of regression choice and myeloma copies levels sources access

Word family

multiples

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