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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In Spain, battery storage capacity has risen almost sevenfold since last April, from about 28 MW before the blackout to 193MW in April 2026, according to the grid operator Red Eléctrica.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
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
Even with the recent drop, the stock is up more than sevenfold in the past 12 months amid an acute shortage of memory chips due to demand from artificial-intelligence infrastructure.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Its area had been increased to over 40,000 sq. m.; its revenue had multiplied sevenfold; and its small army was unsurpassed for efficiency.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various
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