sixfold
Americanadjective
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having six elements or parts.
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six times as great or as much.
adverb
adjective
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equal to or having six times as many or as much
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composed of six parts
adverb
Etymology
Origin of sixfold
before 1000; Middle English sexfold, Old English sixfeald. See six, -fold
Example Sentences
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Different planes of boron arsenide produced sixfold, eightfold, and fourfold focusing patterns.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
Daily global title sales rose nearly sixfold during the week the movie premiered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
Since 1990, that figure has jumped to 82.4 gigatons per decade, marking a sixfold increase.
From Science Daily ● May 4, 2026
My email inbox has turned into a parabo-looza, with misuse of that term up sixfold from last year.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
They now owe about $750 billion in revolving debt, according to the Federal Reserve, a sixfold increase from two decades ago.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
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