"multiple" meaning in English

See multiple in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmʌltɪpl̩/, /ˈml̩tɪpl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-multiple.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|multiple}} French multiple, {{uder|en|LL.|multiplus}} Late Latin multiplus Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multiple (not comparable)
  1. More than one (followed by plural). Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (more than one): manifold
    Sense id: en-multiple-en-adj-a6jTLb8c Disambiguation of 'more than one': 62 38
  2. 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). Tags: not-comparable Translations (having more than one element, part, component or function): πολλαπλόος (pollaplóos) (Ancient Greek), πολλαπλοῦς (pollaploûs) (Ancient Greek), متعدد (Arabic), шматлі́кі (šmatlíki) (Belarusian), мнагалі́кі (mnahalíki) (Belarusian), шматразо́вы (šmatrazóvy) (Belarusian), многократен (mnogokraten) (Bulgarian), múltiple (Catalan), 多種 (Chinese Mandarin), 多种 (duōzhǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), mnohonásobný (Czech), flere (Danish), meerdere (Dutch), multobla (Esperanto), usea (Finnish), moni (Finnish), moninkertainen (Finnish), multiple (French), múltiple (Galician), mehrere (German), több (Hungarian), 多重 (tajū) (alt: たじゅう) (Japanese), flere (Norwegian Bokmål), fleire (Norwegian Nynorsk), چندتایی (čandtâyi) (Persian), چندگانه (čandgâne) (Persian), złożony [masculine] (Polish), wieloraki [masculine] (Polish), wielokrotny [masculine] (Polish), múltiplos [plural] (Portuguese), multiplu (Romanian), многочи́сленный (mnogočíslennyj) (Russian), мно́жественный (mnóžestvennyj) (Russian), многокра́тный (mnogokrátnyj) (Russian), кра́тный (krátnyj) (Russian), вишѐструк [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), višèstruk [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), múltiple (Spanish), flera (Swedish), flera stycken (Swedish), flerfaldig (Swedish), maramihan (Tagalog), dinami (Tagalog), çoklu (Turkish), числе́нний (čyslénnyj) [neuter] (Ukrainian), багаторазо́вий (bahatorazóvyj) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-multiple-en-adj-tpPogDGj Disambiguation of 'having more than one element, part, component or function': 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: many, morefold, several, manifold, plural Related terms: multi-, multiplicity, multiplier, multiply

Noun

IPA: /ˈmʌltɪpl̩/, /ˈml̩tɪpl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-multiple.wav [Southern-England] Forms: multiples [plural]
Etymology: From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|multiple}} French multiple, {{uder|en|LL.|multiplus}} Late Latin multiplus Head templates: {{en-noun}} multiple (plural multiples)
  1. (mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another number with no remainder. Wikidata QID: Q1055293 Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder): кратно (kratno) [neuter] (Bulgarian), múltiple (Catalan), 倍數 (Chinese Mandarin), 倍数 (bèishù) (Chinese Mandarin), násobek [masculine] (Czech), multiplum [neuter] (Danish), veelvoud [neuter] (Dutch), oblo (Esperanto), monikerta (Finnish), multiple [masculine] (French), Vielfache [neuter] (German), többszörös (Hungarian), méadaí [masculine] (Irish), 倍数 (baisū) (alt: ばいすう) (Japanese), 배수 (baesu) (Korean), gandaan (Malay), taurea (Maori), multiplum [neuter] (Norwegian), مضرب (Persian), wielokrotność [feminine] (Polish), múltiplo [masculine] (Portuguese), multiplu [masculine] (Romanian), кра́тное (krátnoje) [neuter] (Russian), кра́тное число́ (krátnoje čisló) [neuter] (Russian), múltiplo [masculine] (Spanish), multipel [common-gender] (Swedish), kaparami (Tagalog), кра́тне (krátne) [neuter] (Ukrainian), кра́тне число́ (krátne čysló) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-multiple-en-noun-en:Q1055293 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 15 20 8 12 9 17 1 0 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 9 15 19 8 12 9 16 3 1 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder': 79 4 6 3 1 1 3 3
  2. (finance) Price-earnings ratio. Categories (topical): Finance
    Sense id: en-multiple-en-noun-M1EOqv-C Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 15 20 8 12 9 17 1 0 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 9 15 19 8 12 9 16 3 1 Topics: business, finance
  3. One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
    Sense id: en-multiple-en-noun-8XyKjWC-
  4. A single individual who has multiple personalities.
    Sense id: en-multiple-en-noun-z3bIzlEF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 15 20 8 12 9 17 1 0 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 9 15 19 8 12 9 16 3 1
  5. One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
    Sense id: en-multiple-en-noun-htmwX-~5
  6. A chain store.
    Sense id: en-multiple-en-noun-vgJNeOAp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 7 15 20 8 12 9 17 1 0 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 9 15 19 8 12 9 16 3 1
  7. A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.
    Sense id: en-multiple-en-noun-fpcbvO05
  8. More than one piercing in a single ear.
    Sense id: en-multiple-en-noun-X3sPFWbB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: common multiple, least common multiple, smallest common multiple

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for multiple meaning in English (24.5kB)

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      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"many\"",
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      "word": "paucal"
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      "word": "multiple-exposure"
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      "word": "multiple rocket launcher"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist",
          "text": "Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.",
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          "text": "Some states do explicitly prohibit multiple citizenship.",
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          "text": "It was a multiple pregnancy: the woman had triplets.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Multiple registrations are an increasing problem for many social networking sites.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise",
          "text": "Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design.",
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        [
          "function",
          "function"
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          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "متعدد"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "šmatlíki",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "шматлі́кі"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "mnahalíki",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "мнагалі́кі"
        },
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          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "šmatrazóvy",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "шматразо́вы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mnogokraten",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "многократен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "múltiple"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "多種"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "duōzhǒng",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "多种"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "mnohonásobný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "flere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "meerdere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "multobla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "usea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "moni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "moninkertainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "multiple"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "múltiple"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "mehrere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pollaplóos",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "πολλαπλόος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "pollaploûs",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "πολλαπλοῦς"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "több"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "alt": "たじゅう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tajū",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "多重"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "flere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "fleire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "čandtâyi",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "چندتایی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "čandgâne",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "چندگانه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "złożony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wieloraki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "wielokrotny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "múltiplos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "multiplu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mnogočíslennyj",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "многочи́сленный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mnóžestvennyj",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "мно́жественный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mnogokrátnyj",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "многокра́тный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "krátnyj",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "кра́тный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "не́сколько (néskolʹko) + G (a few)",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "мно́го (mnógo) + G (many)",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "мно́жество (mnóžestvo) + G (a great deal)",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "вишѐструк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "višèstruk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "múltiple"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "flera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "flera stycken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "flerfaldig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "maramihan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "dinami"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "word": "çoklu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "22 78",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "čyslénnyj",
          "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
          "tags": [
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Some states do explicitly prohibit multiple citizenship.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "It was a multiple pregnancy: the woman had triplets.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Multiple registrations are an increasing problem for many social networking sites.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise",
          "text": "Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "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)."
      ],
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        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "part",
          "part"
        ],
        [
          "component",
          "component"
        ],
        [
          "function",
          "function"
        ],
        [
          "instance",
          "instance"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌltɪpl̩/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈml̩tɪpl̩/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "more than one",
      "word": "manifold"
    },
    {
      "word": "many"
    },
    {
      "word": "morefold"
    },
    {
      "word": "several"
    },
    {
      "word": "manifold"
    },
    {
      "word": "plural"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "متعدد"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šmatlíki",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "шматлі́кі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mnahalíki",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "мнагалі́кі"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "šmatrazóvy",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "шматразо́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mnogokraten",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "многократен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "múltiple"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "多種"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duōzhǒng",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "多种"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "mnohonásobný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "flere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "meerdere"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "multobla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "usea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "moni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "moninkertainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "multiple"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "múltiple"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "mehrere"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pollaplóos",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "πολλαπλόος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "pollaploûs",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "πολλαπλοῦς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "több"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たじゅう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tajū",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "多重"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "flere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "fleire"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čandtâyi",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "چندتایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čandgâne",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "چندگانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "złożony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wieloraki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wielokrotny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "múltiplos"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "multiplu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogočíslennyj",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "многочи́сленный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnóžestvennyj",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "мно́жественный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogokrátnyj",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "многокра́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krátnyj",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "кра́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "не́сколько (néskolʹko) + G (a few)",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "мно́го (mnógo) + G (many)",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "мно́жество (mnóžestvo) + G (a great deal)",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "вишѐструк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "višèstruk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "múltiple"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "flera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "flera stycken"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "flerfaldig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "maramihan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "dinami"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "word": "çoklu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "čyslénnyj",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "числе́нний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bahatorazóvyj",
      "sense": "having more than one element, part, component or function",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "багаторазо́вий"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "multiple"
  ],
  "word": "multiple"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms derived from Late Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English undefined derivations"
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    {
      "word": "common multiple"
    },
    {
      "word": "least common multiple"
    },
    {
      "word": "smallest common multiple"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "uder"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "LL.",
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    }
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    {
      "form": "multiples",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematics"
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        {
          "text": "14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7"
        }
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          "mathematics",
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        ],
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        "(mathematics) A whole number that can be divided by another number with no remainder."
      ],
      "senseid": [
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        "Price-earnings ratio."
      ],
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          "finance#Noun"
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          "Price-earnings ratio",
          "price-earnings ratio"
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        "(finance) Price-earnings ratio."
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        "business",
        "finance"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1996, Southeastern College Art Conference Review",
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        }
      ],
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        [
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          "duplicate"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2010, Ann M. Garvey, Ann's Multiple World of Personality: Regular No Cream, No Sugar",
          "text": "I had seen its first show when it was a freebie, but I thought it made multiples in general look silly – no one changes clothes THAT much!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Henk Driessen, Ton Otto, Perplexities of identification, page 115",
          "text": "Non-abused multiples have no need of doctors, and they have carved out a foothold of their own from where they speak confidently about their utopian vision of a multiple world.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A single individual who has multiple personalities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "personalities",
          "personality"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sibling",
          "sibling"
        ],
        [
          "multiple birth",
          "multiple birth"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1979, Management Today, page 96",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chain store."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chain store",
          "chain store"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2016, Thomas Söderqvist, The History and Poetics of Scientific Biography, page 99",
          "text": "Merton's argument that all scientific discoveries are multiples would seem to contradict the theory of genius […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection."
      ],
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        [
          "discovery",
          "discovery"
        ]
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    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
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        {
          "ref": "1976, Jewelers' Circular/Keystone, volume 147, numbers 1-6, page 40",
          "text": "First of all, the 'greenhorn' stigma of piercing has worn off. The older woman sees her daughter wearing multiples. So she's confident enough to have her ears pierced at least once.",
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        }
      ],
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmʌltɪpl̩/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈml̩tɪpl̩/"
    },
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kratno",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кратно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "múltiple"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "倍數"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bèishù",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "倍数"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "násobek"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "multiplum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "veelvoud"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "oblo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "monikerta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multiple"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vielfache"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "többszörös"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "méadaí"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ばいすう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "baisū",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "倍数"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baesu",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "배수"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "gandaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "taurea"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "multiplum"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "مضرب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wielokrotność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "múltiplo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "multiplu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krátnoje",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кра́тное"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "krátnoje čisló",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кра́тное число́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "múltiplo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "multipel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "word": "kaparami"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krátne",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кра́тне"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "krátne čysló",
      "sense": "a number that may be divided by another number with no remainder",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кра́тне число́"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "multiple"
  ],
  "word": "multiple"
}

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