sevenfold
Americanadjective
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comprising seven parts or members.
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seven times as great or as much.
adverb
adjective
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equal to or having seven times as many or as much
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composed of seven parts
adverb
Etymology
Origin of sevenfold
before 1000; Middle English; Old English seofonfeald. See seven, -fold
Example Sentences
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By 2034, the robo-adviser industry’s market size is expected to swell more than sevenfold, to $102 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Operating profit for its overseas convenience-store business rose more than sevenfold to Y65.59 billion, while that for its domestic convenience-store business fell 4.2% to Y52.24 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Merced saw almost a sevenfold increase in late-arriving mail ballots in the November election compared with the year before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2026
Hyperscalers issued over $120 billion in high-grade bonds last year, a sevenfold increase from the previous year, to fund AI infrastructure.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
With desperate force they pushed against the rock, but their sevenfold strength made no more impression than a fly brushing its wings against it.
From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)
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