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two-fold

  [too-fohld]
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–noun Theater.
a unit of stage scenery consisting of two flats hinged together.

two⋅fold

  [adj. too-fohld; adv. too-fohld]
–adjective
1. having two elements or parts.
2. twice as great or as much; double.
–adverb
3. in twofold measure; doubly.
Origin:
1125–75; ME; see two, -fold

Related forms:
twofoldness, noun
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twofold

adjective
1. having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison [syn: double] 
2. twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase" [syn: double] 

adverb
1. by a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last year" 
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