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fivefold

[ fahyv-fohld ]

adjective

  1. five times as great or as much.
  2. comprising five parts or members.


adverb

  1. in fivefold measure.

fivefold

/ ˈfaɪvˌfəʊld /

adjective

  1. equal to or having five times as many or as much
  2. composed of five parts


adverb

  1. by or up to five times as many or as much

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Word History and Origins

Origin of fivefold1

before 1000; Middle English fiffold, Old English fīffeald. See five, -fold

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Example Sentences

Tweets with “Bill Cosby” increased fivefold from the previous day to 103,000.

And one hair broker, TheHairTrader.com, has seen its traffic increase fivefold over the past few months.

The applause, now multiplied fivefold and become deafening, seemed to beat him back against the curtain.

Through a crevice in this wall the water seeped, and when he had gouged out the puttylike blue clay the flow increased fivefold.

The white population of Chicago increased threefold from 1880 to 1900, and the colored population fivefold.

While the membership, doubled under the impulse of the new organization, the increase in the amount of money raised was fivefold.

Since the discovery of the gold mines in California, he says, the travel and trade upon that coast has increased fivefold.

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