multifold

[ muhl-tuh-fohld ]
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adjective
  1. numerous and varied; greatly diverse; manifold.

Origin of multifold

1
First recorded in 1800–10; multi- + -fold

Words Nearby multifold

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How to use multifold in a sentence

  • That decision was the single-most devastating one, increasing famine deaths multifold—and unnecessarily.

    Paul Ryan’s Irish Problem | John Kelly | August 18, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Verna unlocked the door, and, as he entered, Denham looked curiously around and above at the multifold variety of trade goods.

    Forging the Blades | Bertram Mitford
  • All this while the transformed hotel at Compigne remained a huge center for these multifold forms of Red Cross relief.

    With the Doughboy in France | Edward Hungerford
  • And here the dangers of an energy so multifold, and thus luxuriating in its own transformations, show themselves.

  • Even the boldest flights of wit attempted during the multifold and promiscuous good-byes interchanged had moved her mirth.

    'Tween Snow and Fire | Bertram Mitford

British Dictionary definitions for multifold

multifold

/ (ˈmʌltɪˌfəʊld) /


adjective
  1. many times doubled; manifold

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