severalfold

[sev-er-uhl-fohld, sev-ruhl-]

adjective

1. comprising several parts or members.

2. several times as great or as much.

   a severalfold increase.

adverb

1. in severalfold measure.

Word History and Origins

Origin of severalfold¹

First recorded in 1730–40; several + -fold

Example Sentences

"We want to multiply the output severalfold as quickly as possible," he said.

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“Moderna’s scientists made the groundbreaking discovery that replacing uridine in the mRNA molecule with 1-methylpseudouridine resulted in surprisingly superior protein production—a severalfold increase over chemically-modified mRNAs studied before—with a significantly reduced immune response against the mRNA itself,” the complaint argues.

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The reasons for doing so are severalfold.

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And in one nursing home where the variant took hold, it spread severalfold faster than in four other nursing home outbreaks caused by other viral variants.

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Those who agree, he adds, form “a community that I've seen grow severalfold in size over the last decade.”

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