fivefold
Use Fivefold in a sentence
adjective
1.
five times as great or as much.
2.
comprising five parts or members.
adverb
3.
in fivefold measure.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | equal to or having five times as many or as much |
| 2. | composed of five parts |
| —adv | |
| 3. | by or up to five times as many or as much |
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Example sentences
And depending on the type of cancer, they were able to increase the animals' long-term survival rates by as much as fivefold.
Costs have gone up as much as fivefold, and the industry has consolidated into fewer operations.
Some have seen the funds they manage grow fivefold this year.
The cost of the cameras was repaid fivefold within a year in accident reduction and savings in medical treatment.
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