fivefold
Americanadjective
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five times as great or as much.
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comprising five parts or members.
adverb
adjective
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equal to or having five times as many or as much
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composed of five parts
adverb
Etymology
Origin of fivefold
before 1000; Middle English fiffold, Old English fīffeald. See five, -fold
Example Sentences
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In June 2026, the Japanese government decided to raise visa fees for foreign nationals fivefold, after not having increased the amount for nearly 50 years.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Howmet’s shares have risen more than fivefold over the past three years, trading at 49 times forward earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Japan has implemented a fivefold increase to visa fees for foreigners, marking the first price hike in nearly 50 years.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
SK Hynix, a key supplier of high-bandwidth-memory for Nvidia’s AI accelerators, posted a fivefold jump in quarterly net profit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
That’s a fivefold increase in the size of the group, but a twentyfold increase in the amount of information processing needed to “know” the other members of the group.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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