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

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From MarketWatch

A sixfold increase in the number of young people investing in the stock market over the past decade suggests a shift in the way they think about building wealth.

From The Wall Street Journal

It pledges a more than sixfold expansion of wind and solar compared with 2020 levels by 2035, aiming for clean energy to account for 30% of China’s total energy consumption by then.

From The Wall Street Journal

National Grid's chief executive, John Pettigrew, has previously said that the power data centres use will increase sixfold in the next decade.

From BBC