fourfold

[ fawr-fohld, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˌfoʊld, ˈfoʊr- /

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adjective

comprising four parts or members.

four times as great or as much.

adverb

in fourfold measure.

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Origin of fourfold

before 1000; Middle English foure fald,Old English feowerfealdum.See four, -fold

Words nearby fourfold

four-eyed fish, four-eyed opossum, four-eyes, four flush, fourflusher, fourfold, fourfold block, fourfold purchase, four-footed, four-four time, four freedoms

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How to use fourfold in a sentence

The number of new cases reported daily has increased fourfold over the last month, prompting the New York Times to comment that “the national outlook is worsening quickly.”
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Years after California voted to lower property taxes, funding had plummeted for all public schools, and tuition for state colleges and universities had risen fourfold.
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The cotton crop produced by the enslaved in Mississippi multiplied more than fourfold over the course of just eight years.
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Since 2017, when Duo Tongguang was incorporated, TIZA’s revenue has increased almost fourfold, to more than half a billion dollars in 2019.
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They are now up about 245% in 2020 after previously climbing more than fourfold.
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Her basic argument, though it takes some work to decipher, is fourfold.
Fact-Checking Suzanne Somers’s Claim That Obamacare is a Socialist Ponzi Scheme|Brandy Zadrozny|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Revenues rose fourfold from $28.2 million in 2010 to $106.3 million in 2011, then rose three-fold to $316.9 million in 2012.
Gaming the Twitter IPO|Daniel Gross|October 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The stock has risen more than fourfold since its low of July 2011 and has nearly tripled so far in 2012.
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This little unexpected communication increased that dread fourfold.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
There are two serious difficulties with this fourfold classification (isolating, prefixing, suffixing, symbolic).
Language|Edward Sapir
The greatest relative growth was in 1918, when the membership grew fourfold.
Educational Work of the Girl Scouts|Louise Stevens Bryant
Even the grave and mighty Vishnoo delights in the lotus, which is one of the four emblems he holds in his fourfold arms.
Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon,|Anonymous
Gibraltar in mid-ocean might have fourfold its present power, yet would be valueless in a military sense.
The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future|A. T. Mahan

British Dictionary definitions for fourfold

fourfold

/ (ˈfɔːˌfəʊld) /

adjective

equal to or having four times as many or as much

composed of four parts

adverb

by or up to four times as many or as much

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