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severalfold

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

adjective

  1. comprising several parts or members.
  2. several times as great or as much:

    a severalfold increase.



adverb

  1. 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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