threefold
Americanadjective
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comprising three parts, members, or aspects; triple.
a threefold program.
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three times as great or as much; treble.
a threefold return on an investment.
adverb
adjective
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equal to or having three times as many or as much; triple
a threefold decrease
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composed of three parts
a threefold purpose
adverb
Etymology
Origin of threefold
before 1000; Middle English threfold, Old English thrīfeald. See three, -fold
Example Sentences
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Keystone of the second Five-Year Plan is: Threefold increase in food, clothes and personal utensils for every inhabitant of Soviet Russia ; therefore a 300% improvement in living conditions.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is called Threefold because its ideals are cultural, racial and spiritual unity.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Manhattan he was guest of honor at a "Tea Conference" of The Threefold Movement, of which he is London committee chairman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Threefold is of Space the way: On unresting, without stay, Strives the Length into the distance; Ceaseless pours the Breadth's insistence Bottomless the Depth goes down.
From Rampolli by MacDonald, George
Threefold movement of the heat of the earth; its thermic condition.
From COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Humboldt, Alexander von
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