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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It rose even faster in volume terms, increasing more than fivefold during the same period, according to the European Commission.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Gartner expects the cost of a single agentic workflow to rise more than fivefold through 2028.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
Shipments of computers jumped fivefold from a year earlier in August, while smartphone exports rose 21%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
By comparison, a conventional 4-base overhang produced an efficiency of only 8%, giving the new approach a fivefold advantage.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 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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