sixfold

[ siks-fohld ]

/ ˈsɪksˌfoʊld /

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adjective

having six elements or parts.

six times as great or as much.

adverb

in sixfold measure.

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Origin of sixfold

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

Words nearby sixfold

Six-Day War, six-eight time, sixer, six feet under, six-finger country, sixfold, six-footer, six-gun, sixmo, Six Nations, Six Nations Championship

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How to use sixfold in a sentence

Since a low in June, covid-19 cases have risen more than sixfold.
Covid clusters among the vaccinated are killing our back-to-normal dreams|Antonio Regalado, Casey Crownhart|July 30, 2021|MIT Technology Review
She upped her anxiety and antidepressant medication until her dose had increased sixfold.
She risked everything to expose Facebook. Now she’s telling her story.|Karen Hao|July 29, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Failing grades shot up as much as sixfold for the first quarter in math and English for some of Montgomery’s most vulnerable students.
‘Equity hubs’ give families struggling financially a chance at pandemic pods|Donna St. George|December 25, 2020|Washington Post
In the final quarter of Tyson’s fiscal year 2020 alone, it made nearly $700 million in profit and reported that income related to pork production had increased sixfold from the year before.
As COVID-19 Ravaged This Iowa City, Officials Discovered Meatpacking Executives Were the Ones in Charge|by Michael Grabell and Bernice Yeung|December 21, 2020|ProPublica

Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland’s largest system, swiftly followed suit, announcing that failure rates in math and English had risen by as much as sixfold for some of its most at-risk students.
Arlington students are failing at higher rates. The most vulnerable are struggling most|Hannah Natanson|December 18, 2020|Washington Post
The same year lawmakers passed the National Defense Education Act, which increased federal investment in education nearly sixfold.
Obama's State of the Union Challenge|Jonathan Alter|January 5, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And he was not mistaken; sixfold, wet and heavy, his big kerchief that he had left in the hut lay upon his head.
Moni the Goat Boy and Other Stories|Johanna Spyri
It was otherwise in the British West Indies, where the whites were overshadowed by a more than sixfold population.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 5 (of 20)|Charles Sumner
In our broad country the slaves are overshadowed by a more than sixfold white population.
Charles Sumner; his complete works, volume 5 (of 20)|Charles Sumner
Her hardware manufactures are one sixth of her total manufactures, and in the past half century they have increased sixfold.
Up To Date Business|Various
There has been more than a sixfold increase in naval man power and about a fourfold increase in the number of ships in service.
Our Navy in the War|Lawrence Perry

British Dictionary definitions for sixfold

sixfold

/ (ˈsɪksˌfəʊld) /

adjective

equal to or having six times as many or as much

composed of six parts

adverb

by or up to six times as many or as much

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