tenfold

[ten-fohld, ten-fohld]

adjective

1. comprising ten parts or members.

2. ten times as great or as much.

adverb

1. in tenfold measure.

   good deeds rewarded tenfold.

tenfold

/ ˈtɛnˌfəʊld /

adjective

1. equal to or having 10 times as many or as much

   a tenfold increase in population

2. composed of 10 parts

adverb

1. by or up to 10 times as many or as much

   the population increased tenfold

Word History and Origins

Origin of tenfold¹

1150–1200; Middle English; Old English tienfeald. See ten, -fold

Example Sentences

Catapult’s ability to raise equity has been improved by a tenfold increase in its share price over the past three years and inclusion in Australia’s benchmark index.

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The bank later discovered she had inflated her user count more than tenfold.

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England needed to make a statement in their World Cup opener against South Africa - and they delivered it tenfold.

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Though the track already leans into electronic elements, Boys Noize heightens these by tenfold into a techno bliss.

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Lorna May, the owner of Mayfield Lavender in Surrey, told BBC Weather she had seen a tenfold increase on last year in honey production which she put down to the happy and soaring bee population.

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