sixfold

American  

[siks-fohld] / ˈsɪksˌfoʊld /

adjective

1. having six elements or parts.

2. six times as great or as much.

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adverb

1. in sixfold measure.

sixfold British  

/ ˈsɪksˌfəʊld /

adjective

1. equal to or having six times as many or as much

2. composed of six parts

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adverb

1. by or up to six times as many or as much

Etymology

Origin of sixfold

before 1000; Middle English sexfold, Old English sixfeald. See six, -fold

Example Sentences

The new terms, plus expanding production, led to a sixfold increase in government revenues and contributed substantially to the country’s impressive postwar economic development.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Japanese owner of 7-Eleven said Thursday that net profit increased more than sixfold from a year earlier to 76.66 billion yen, equivalent to $489 million, for the three months ended November.

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One study this year found young users had a sixfold higher risk of heart attacks and fourfold greater of strokes.

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From 1870 to 1900 real gross domestic product tripled, the population and labor force roughly doubled, and output in manufacturing grew sixfold.

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“You’d have to increase your spending sixfold every year to run out,” he might say.

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