I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a multiple birth (= when a woman has two or more babies at the same time )
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The chance of a multiple birth is about 1 in 100 for the average woman.
a multiple choice question (= where you are given a set of possible answers )
a multiple choice test (= in which each question has a list of answers to choose from )
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There is some debate about whether multiple-choice tests are a good way of assessing student’s knowledge.
multiple birth
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The number of multiple births has risen sharply.
multiple choice
multiple injuries (= large number of injuries at the same time )
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She had multiple injuries and a fractured skull.
multiple personality
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multiple personality disorder
multiple sclerosis
multiple store
single/multiple occupancy
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single occupancy room rates
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
application
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Finger-printing will be introduced for asylum applicants, to prevent multiple applications and fraudulent benefit claims.
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All forms are being checked by Price Waterhouse computer systems to weed out illegal multiple applications .
birth
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We knew there was a chance of a multiple birth but nothing can prepare you for something like that.
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While multiple births have increased in recent years because of the success of fertility drugs, sextuplets still are rare.
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And it would have shown on the certificate, the time of birth - it's only done for multiple births.
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But those clinics that continue to record a high multiple birth rate will find their records investigated.
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Store bosses decided to award the bonus to delighted Teresa Elliott and hubby Steve after learning about the multiple birth .
choice
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There are two basic possibilities for questions, multiple choice or supply type.
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The 777 is quieter, has user-friendly storage bins and a sophisticated entertainment system with multiple choices .
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Answers to multiple choice test on Part 3 Trainees should obtain nine points or more before moving on to Goal 4.
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These should be worked through in order before attempting the multiple choice questionnaire on Part 4.
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These would culminate in the sitting of a multiple choice paper.
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It is important that you work through these in the order given before attempting the multiple choice questionnaire on Part 3.
copy
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Surviving examples of his newsletters show that they were often produced in multiple copies , with additions or subtractions as appropriate.
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The issuance of multiple copies was thus intended to assure that the consignee received at least one.
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Also, decisions on the purchase of multiple copies are rarely required in the case of research material.
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Companies can purchase multiple copies of popular packages at greatly reduced prices.
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It now became easier to send multiple copies of papers to colleagues rather than sending a file on the circuit of an institution.
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We have standing orders for multiple copies of both publications, as follows: 1.
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Both photocopiers have been set for multiple copies , and both have run out of paper.
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Several poses could be produced on a single negative so that the process was speeded up and multiple copies were easily available.
injury
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The Tyrone man, a member of Belfast's gay community, died from multiple injuries and stab wounds.
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His body, with multiple injuries , was found on a railway line two days later.
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All three occupants suffered multiple injuries and were certified dead at the crash site by a medical practitioner.
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The hospital admitted 35 people, four of whom had serious injuries - including one man with multiple injuries.
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Mrs Pollock died in hospital the next day from multiple injuries .
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She had been beaten and strangled and died from multiple injuries and asphyxia.
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A postmortem found both women died from multiple injuries caused by a machete.
myeloma
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The increase in multiple myeloma was reported by the health authority and is being investigated. 3.
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In reviewing reports on amyloidosis patients with intestinal pseudo-obstruction, the patients with multiple myeloma tend to have extensive smooth muscle infiltration.
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All the patients had multiple myeloma which affects bone marrow.
occupancy
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The terraced house in Station Road, Darlington, is already in multiple occupancy and retrospective planning permission had been applied for.
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Top left: A series can be colour coded to represent an ageing process, thus revealing multiple occupancy .
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The price of single occupancy is frequently higher than for multiple occupancy of bedrooms and should be checked when booking.
occupation
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The collective community charge applies to some houses in multiple occupation , some lodging houses and some hostels.
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When adjacency and multiple occupation are permitted, the figure becomes extrovert, expansionist.
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For the housing organisation is now stringently enforcing multiple occupation rules which up until recently were largely ignored.
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Some few still showed the tell-tale signs of multiple occupation , dishevelled lawns, peeling paint and drawn secretive curtains.
personality
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On one end is daydreaming, on the other, multiple personality .
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He pulls the old multiple personality excuse.
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Austin would apparently give Mach, said to be free of AT&T code, multiple personalities like OS/2 or OSF/1.
points
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Conversely, the school tests for explicitness do not tell us very much about the exercise of multiple points of view.
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Together, the multiple points of sale create the potential for thousands of tickets to be sold in minutes.
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Moreover, particular examples of the use or non-use of multiple points of view are not necessarily indicators of cognitive deprivation.
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The longer spines are mace-like; with a slightly rugose body and a head with multiple points .
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Moreover, an explicit claim to multiple points of view tells us nothing about the actual practice of using them.
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Buildings under construction are often ideal; usually they have stairwells but no windows, multiple points of entry and minimal security.
regression
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The relationships between variables were evaluated by the simple correlation coefficient and a multiple regression analysis.
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We can use multiple regression analysis to discover the relative influence of these factors on perceptions.
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Even with stringent controls for partisanship and ideology, multiple regression analyses show that the press had a significant influence on preferences.
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Bjornsson decided not to use a formula derived from multiple regression analysis.
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Among modifiable factors only access to a dietitian and an interested general practitioner featured significantly in the final multiple regression analysis.
sclerosis
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Records of patients with multiple sclerosis were selected as a neurological comparison group.
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It said: I am thirty years old and have been disabled with multiple sclerosis since I was twenty-two.
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Conditions such as diabetes, heart complaints, multiple sclerosis and alcoholism should be declared.
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The woman suffered from multiple sclerosis , Fieger said.
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John hopes that his mammoth walking achievement will raise £100 000 for research into multiple sclerosis .
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The same is true of the plaques of multiple sclerosis .
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Davis etal reviewed 157 necropsy-proven cases of multiple sclerosis and found 47% of patients with a mental disturbance.
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We have heard some frightening things about multiple sclerosis and would like to know if we should see a doctor right away.
stone
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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for multiple stones is the most expensive and least effective option.
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The value of this treatment for multiple stones , which would include 76% of our patients, is less certain.
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Before primary gall stone dissolution, 16 patients had had solitary stones: the remaining 77 had had multiple stones.
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Stone recurrence was 5.7% at one year and was observed both in patients with solitary and multiple stones.
unit
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The PTEs sport their own colour schemes on a variety of multiple units .
user
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The software enables multiple users to manage the entire network from any point.
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Now the motive is more often to allow multiple users to share data and applications.
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It also enables multiple users to share data, collaborate and automate tasks without writing any extra code, via Workmap.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He underwent surgery for multiple gunshot wounds.
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Lauda was pulled from his blazing car with multiple burns.
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Nakamura received multiple job offers.
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She suffered multiple injuries after jumping out of a fifth floor window.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Applications here focus on using gigabit networks to combine the processing power of multiple supercomputers for climate and chemical reaction modeling.
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During this period annual elections brought multiple shifts in power resulting in thirty-one city managers for the thirty-five years following 1914.
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In assembling complexity, the bounty of increasing returns is won by multiple tries over time-a process anyone would call growth.
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The issuance of multiple copies was thus intended to assure that the consignee received at least one.
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The student company makes a brave effort at tackling the multiple roles.
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The use of multiple logistic regression allowed the selection of the most useful clinical signs which are predictive of hypoxaemia.
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Two women with multiple sclerosis, including a 51-year-old Oceanside resident, were found dead in Detroit-area hotels yesterday.
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We regret that we are unable to answer multiple queries that do not comply with these instructions.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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20 is a multiple of 5.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An expert in the field of marketing, he has been successful in selling his produce to large multiples and wholesalers.
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And people will try to do multiple of these, yes.
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I count the gulps and stop at an even multiple of four.
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That had resulted in 150 companies being taken on by five multiples and a 30 percent increase in product listings.
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The Net is an emblem of multiples.
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They could bring in a multiple of that.