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fivefold

[ fahyv-fohld ]
/ ˈfaɪvˌfoʊld /

adjective

five times as great or as much.
comprising five parts or members.

adverb

in fivefold measure.

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Origin of fivefold

before 1000; Middle English fiffold,Old English fīffeald.See five, -fold

Words nearby fivefold

Five Civilized Nations, five-eighth, Five-Elements School, five-faced bishop, five-finger, fivefold, five-gaited, five hole, five hundred, five hundred rummy, five Ks
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British Dictionary definitions for fivefold

fivefold
/ (ˈfaɪvˌfəʊld) /

adjective

equal to or having five times as many or as much
composed of five parts

adverb

by or up to five times as many or as much
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