fivefold

[fahyv-fohld]

adjective

five times as great or as much.

comprising five parts or members.

adverb

in fivefold measure.

Nearby words

Origin of fivefold

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

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Examples from the Web for fivefold

Its members are pledged to the keeping of a fivefold obligation.
Almost A Man|Mary Wood-Allen
While the membership, doubled under the impulse of the new organization, the increase in the amount of money raised was fivefold.
Unitarianism in America|George Willis Cooke
Luke: The first increased his tenfold, the second fivefold (16, 18).
The Christ|John Eleazer Remsburg
It is Lear's fivefold "never" that completes for us the loveliness of Cordelia.
Tragedy|Ashley H. Thorndike

It is computed that its size was fivefold that of the ostrich.
The Bird|Jules Michelet

British Dictionary definitions for fivefold

fivefold

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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Word Origin and History for fivefold

fivefold

adv.

Old English fiffeald; see five + -fold.