Meaning & use
multiple products
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Meanings
phraseplural
More than one item or service that a company makes or sells.
Grammar: A plural noun phrase; use a plural verb, as in 'Multiple products are on sale.'
Patterns
- sell multiple products
- offer multiple products
- multiple products and services
- a range of multiple products
The company sells multiple products, from phone cases to chargers.
Customers who buy multiple products often get a discount.
phrasepluraltechnical
More than one result or outcome produced by a process or calculation.
Grammar: Used in technical writing about results; it takes a plural verb.
Patterns
- produce multiple products
- multiple products of a reaction
The chemical reaction produces multiple products at the same time.
When you multiply these numbers, you can get multiple products.
Common combinations
- sell multiple products
- The online store sells multiple products under one brand.
- a range of multiple products
- They launched a range of multiple products aimed at students.
- multiple products and services
- Banks now offer multiple products and services through a single app.
- buy multiple products
- If you buy multiple products, shipping is free.
- across multiple products
- The same logo appears across multiple products.
Synonyms and how they differ
- several products
- Very close in meaning, but 'several' suggests a small number (roughly three or more), while 'multiple' simply stresses more than one.
- various products
- Emphasizes that the products are different from each other, not just that there is more than one.
- product range
- A noun phrase for the whole set a company offers, rather than a count of separate items.
Opposites
Word family
- multiple adjective
- more than one; used before a plural noun
- multiply verb
- to increase greatly, or to work out a product in mathematics
- multiplicity noun
- a large number or variety of things (formal)
Commonly confused: multiple products or multiply?
multiple products vs multiply
This is a verb meaning 'to increase' or 'to do multiplication'; 'multiple' is the adjective or determiner meaning 'more than one'.
Practice
Choose the sentence with correct grammar.
Choose one answer.
'Multiple products' is plural, so it needs the plural verb 'are'. Option 1 uses a singular verb, option 2 drops the plural -s on the noun, and option 4 wrongly adds 'a' before a plural noun.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “multiple products”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.