Definition of "multiplies" []

• Plural form of multiply. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of multiply. (verb)

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• "The word multiplies, and many hundreds have attended, not just from the D.C. area, but from Baltimore and as far away as southern Virginia and North Carolina."
• "The experimenter collects the contributions, totals them up, adds half again to the amount in other words, multiplies by 1.5—this profit would be the equivalent of the profit made by the herdsman when he finally sold the cattle he has grazed on the commons, and then divides this money evenly among all the players."
• ""It really kind of multiplies the effect of the charitable dollar," because investment gains can accumulate before the money is distributed, says Ani Hurwitz of the New York Community Trust, a foundation in New York."