severalfold

[ sev-er-uhl-fohld, sev-ruhl- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

comprising several parts or members.
several times as great or as much:
a severalfold increase.

adverb

in severalfold measure.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of severalfold¹

First recorded in 1730–40; several + -fold

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Example Sentences

One study of xenophyophores in the Atlantic found them to be quick-growing, increasing in volume severalfold over a period of eight months, but it may not be reasonable to extrapolate from those species to xenophyophores in the Clarion-Clipperton.

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