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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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma warned last week of a “hardware component crisis,” noting memory costs rose fivefold over two years.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
However, the firm's chief financial officer, Wendell Huang, said it would not introduce sudden "fourfold, fivefold" price rises.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
For importers, charter rates also are expected to remain high, after jumping fivefold at the start of the conflict.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
On the flip side, AI software firm C3.ai has given back all its gains after the 2023 excitement that propelled it to an almost fivefold gain in six months.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Arrests for misdemeanors, for the kind of minor offenses that had gone unnoticed in the past, went up fivefold between 1990 and 1994.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
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