multiple

/ˈmʌltɪpəl/

multiple determiner: more than one (followed by plural).

Determiner

multiple

More than one (followed by plural).
- My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.
- 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...2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2015

Adjective

multiple (not comparable)

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.
- It was a multiple pregnancy: the woman had triplets.
1. (multiplicity) Of a person: displaying or experiencing two or more distinct personalities or selves in one body.
  - While being multiple can cause complexity to people’s lives, as will be highlighted below, all respondents noted that they would not want to change their experiences of being multiple.2024, Zarah Eve, “Expert-by-experience intrapersonal findings” (chapter 6), in Exploring emerging multiplicity and psychosocial functioning: A constructivist grounded theory study (PhD thesis)...

Noun

multiple (plural multiples)

A whole number that is obtained by multiplying a specific whole number by another whole number.
- 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7
Price-earnings ratio.
One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.
- One might view this attempt to ensure the scarcity of a multiple as both a marketing ploy and form of elitism.1996, Southeastern College Art Conference Review
(multiplicity) A single individual who displays or experiences multiple personalities or selves.
- 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!2010, Ann M. Garvey, Ann's Multiple World of Personality: Regular No Cream, No Sugar
- 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.2000, Henk Driessen, Ton Otto, Perplexities of identification, page 115
Synonyms:

system
One of a set of siblings produced by a multiple birth.
A chain store.
- The big advantage such multiples can offer over a purely catalogue operation is that winners can be given shopping vouchers enabling them to choose from goods on display in the multiples' many outlets (Woolworths, for example, has 1,000).1979, Management Today, page 96
A discovery resulting from the work of many people throughout history, not merely the work of the person who makes the final connection.
- Merton's argument that all scientific discoveries are multiples would seem to contradict the theory of genius […]2016, Thomas Söderqvist, The History and Poetics of Scientific Biography, page 99
More than one piercing in a single ear.
- 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.1976, Jewelers' Circular/Keystone, volume 147, numbers 1-6, page 40

multiple meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

multiple in Tamil

பன்மடங்கான, பெருக்கம், பன்முகமான, பல்வேறு வகைப்பட்ட, பல மடங்கு, பன்மடி

multiple in Marathi

बहुविध

multiple in Urdu

حاصل ضرب, متعدد

multiple in Bengali

গুণিতক, বহু, বহুবিধ, নানা, বহু উপাদানে গঠিত

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multiple in Telugu: బహుళ, బహుళం
multiple in Malayalam: പലമടങ്ങുള്ള, ബഹുഗുണമായ, നാനാ, അസംഖ്യം
multiple in Kannada: ನಾನಾ ಭಾಗಗಳುಳ್ಳ, ಬಹ್ವಂಶಗಳುಳ್ಳ, ಬಹುಘಟಕಗಳುಳ್ಳ, ಅನೇಕ
multiple in Punjabi: ਮਲਟੀਪਲ
multiple in Gujarati: બહુવિધ
multiple in Odia: ଏକାଧିକ
multiple in Nepali: बहुविध
multiple in Tagalog: maramihan, dinami, kaparami
multiple in Arabic: متعدد, مُضَاعَف muḍāʕaf
multiple in Malay: gandaan
multiple in Indonesian: multipel
multiple in Persian: چندتایی čandtâyi, چندگانه čandgâne, مضرب

Examples of multiple in a sentence

Multiple registrations are an increasing problem for many social networking sites.
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.2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2015:
A study Kennedy discussed on multiple podcast episodes exposed male African clawed frogs to atrazine in a lab, castrating 75% of the male frogs and turning one in 10 males into females.2023 July 13, Abby Turner and Andrew Kaczynski, “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality...
Now, let's briefly explore two different approaches for creating sites for a multiple audience: multiserving and responsive design.2012, Dino Esposito, Architecting Mobile Solutions for the Enterprise:

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Synonyms of multiple

Antonyms

paucal

All synonyms and antonyms of multiple

Forms of multiple

plural	multiples

Plural of multiple: multiples

Origin of multiple

From French multiple, itself from Late Latin multiplus.

Words formed from multiple

Questions about multiple

What does multiple mean?: Multiple means more than one (followed by plural).
What is multiple in Tamil?: Multiple in Tamil is பன்மடங்கான, பெருக்கம், பன்முகமான. See Multiple meaning in Tamil.
How do you use multiple in a sentence?: Multiple registrations are an increasing problem for many social networking sites.
What part of speech is multiple?: Multiple can be a determiner, an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce multiple?: Multiple is pronounced /ˈmʌltɪpəl/.

Words near multiple in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: multiple (page history and authors); multiple (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multiple (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multiple (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multiple (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multiple (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multiple (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); multiple (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); multiple (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multiple (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multiple (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); multiple (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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