Actions
Synonyms for multiplication
The synonym for multiplication recorded in this bank is times, in the sense "an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for multiplication
- timesnoun, in the sense "an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for multiplication.
an arithmetic operation that is the inverse of division
The multiplication of four by three gives twelve.
The true synonym
times
Same sentence, swapped: The times of four by three gives twelve.
Close but different
Distractors, not synonyms. This entry has no written reason line yet, so read them against the sentence and the sense above.
- propagation
- summation
- subtraction
Where multiplication turns up in the game
multiplication is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where multiplication is the trap
- subtractionnoun, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is minus, in the sense "an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated", and multiplication is on the board beside it.
Play multiplication
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so multiplication reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company multiplication keeps.
One vocabulary, two jobs
multiplication is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 1. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.