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From French multiple.

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multiple (comparative more multiple, superlative most multiple)

Positive
multiple

Comparative
more multiple

Superlative
most multiple

  1. Having more than one element, part, component or function
    My Swiss Army knife has multiple blades.

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Singular
multiple

Plural
multiples

multiple (plural multiples)

  1. (mathematics): A number that may be divided by another number with no remainder; thus 14, 21 and 70 are multiples of 7
  2. (finance) Price-earnings ratio.
  3. One of a set of the same thing; a duplicate.

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[edit] French

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From Late Latin multiplus.

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multiple

  1. multiple

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multiple m. (plural multiples)

  1. (mathematics) Multiple.

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multiple f.

  1. Feminine plural form of multiplo