hundredfold
Americanadjective
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a hundred times as great or as much.
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comprising a hundred parts or members.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of hundredfold
First recorded in 1125–75, hundredfold is from the Middle English word hundredfald. See hundred, -fold
Example Sentences
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The number concentration of particles exceeded regulatory limits for new vehicles by up to a hundredfold.
From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2023
By Friday, an out-of-control fire in southern British Columbia grew more than hundredfold in 24 hours and forced more than 2,400 properties to be evacuated.
From Reuters • Aug. 19, 2023
A separate blaze in the west, that threatens Kelowna, British Columbia, has grown one hundredfold in 24 hours.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023
“She scanned her blockchain database for every multi-input transaction, linking all those double, triple or even hundredfold inputs to single identities,” Greenberg writes.
From Washington Post • Dec. 29, 2022
“Anti-intruder jinxes on all of them. Security’s been tightened a hundredfold this summer.”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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