thousandfold

[ adjective thou-zuhnd-fohld; adverb thou-zuhnd-fohld ]

adjective

1. having a thousand elements or parts.
2. a thousand times as great or as much.

adverb

1. in a thousandfold manner or measure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of thousandfold¹

before 1000; Middle English thowsand folde, Old English thūsendfealde. See thousand, -fold

Example Sentences

For example, one day in mid-April, 2020, one of JHU’s sources added three digits to Okaloosa County, Florida, boosting its case count a thousandfold overnight.

From Time

But our struggle at home is multiplied a thousandfold in West Africa.

From The Daily Beast

But her ears magnified a thousandfold each crackling of a log and each creak of the floor sent expectant shivers along her spine.

From Project Gutenberg

I have heard it all before at many a concert, but this time it is intensified a thousandfold and penetrates even into my dreams.

From Project Gutenberg

No; in the estimation of the Shawanoes there was a plan open to them that was a thousandfold more preferable.

From Project Gutenberg

The thing was trivial as it stood, but its importance had been enhanced a thousandfold by later news.

From Project Gutenberg

The loss of all that the world counts first things is a thousandfold repaid in the mere waking to higher need.

From Project Gutenberg