multiple - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

When you're talking about more than one, you're talking about multiple things. A machine with many fixtures has multiple parts. A person that seems like two totally different people on different days might have multiple personalities.

The word multiple comes from the Latin multiplus meaning "manifold." When something exists in multiple forms, it's manifold, or has many kinds. Think of a multiplex theater that can show multiple movies at once. Walk through a garden full of flowers and you'll see multiple kinds of blooms. A multiple is also a number that can be divided into another number without a remainder. Multiples of five, for example are ten, fifteen, twenty... — you get the picture.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: multiple

1	adj	having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual
2	n	the product of a quantity by an integer

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: multiple

1

adj having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual

“multiple birth”

“multiple ownership”

“made multiple copies of the speech”

“his multiple achievements in public life”

“her multiple personalities”

“a pineapple is a multiple fruit”

Synonyms: aggregate
composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets; bigeminal
occurring in pairs; binary
consisting of two (units or components or elements or terms); double, doubled, two-fold, twofold
twice as great or many; double, dual, duple
consisting of or involving two parts or components usually in pairs; double, dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold, twofold
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; duplex
(used technically of a device or process) having two parts; manifold, multiplex
many and varied; having many features or forms; ternary, treble, triple, triplex
having three units or components or elements; three-fold, threefold, treble, triple
three times as great or many; triune
being three in one; used especially of the Christian Trinity; four-fold, fourfold, quadruple
four times as great or many; four-fold, fourfold, quadruple, quadruplex, quadruplicate
having four units or components; quaternary, quaternate
consisting of or especially arranged in sets of four; five-fold, fivefold, quintuple
having five units or components; sextuple, six-fold, sixfold
having six units or components; septuple, seven-fold, sevenfold
having seven units or components; eight-fold, eightfold, octuple
having eight units or components; nine-fold, ninefold, nonuple
having nine units or components; denary, ten-fold, tenfold
containing ten or ten parts

Antonyms:: single
existing alone or consisting of one entity or part or aspect or individual; azygos, azygous
occurring singly; not one of a pair; one-man, one-person, one-woman
designed for or restricted to a single person; lone, lonesome, only, sole, solitary
being the only one; single and isolated from others; singular, unique
the single one of its kind; sui generis
constituting a class of its own; unique; unary
consisting of or involving a single element or component; one-member, uninominal
based on the system of having only one member from each district (as of a legislature); show more antonyms...

2

n the product of a quantity by an integer

“36 is a multiple of 9”

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; double
a quantity that is twice as great as another; triple
a quantity that is three times as great as another; quadruple
a quantity that is four times as great as another; lcm, least common multiple, lowest common multiple
the smallest multiple that is exactly divisible by every member of a set of numbers

Type of:: mathematical product, product
a quantity obtained by multiplication