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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Refiners PBF Energy and Valero also reported windfalls, with the latter earning $3.7 billion, another fivefold increase from the year before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Medicaid spending on autism therapy rose more than fivefold between 2021 and 2025, when it totaled $10.1 billion for Medicaid and the related Children’s Health Insurance Program.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 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
In the past thirty years, since screens became commonplace, the number of women in the top U.S. orchestras has increased fivefold.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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