thousandfold

American  

[thou-zuhnd-fohld, thou-zuhnd-fohld] / ˈθaʊ zəndˌfoʊld, ˈθaʊ zəndˈfoʊld /

adjective

1. having a thousand elements or parts.

2. a thousand times as great or as much.

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adverb

1. in a thousandfold manner or measure.

Etymology

Origin of thousandfold

before 1000; Middle English thowsand folde, Old English thūsendfealde. See thousand, -fold

Example Sentences

Some research now suggests that people infected with the variant carry about a thousandfold more virus than those infected with other variants, and they may stay infected for longer.

From New York Times

Significantly, early evidence also suggests that people infected with the Delta variant may carry roughly a thousandfold more virus than those infected with the original virus.

From New York Times

The researchers found that in the COVID-19 survivors, a single dose of vaccine boosted antibody levels against several different coronavirus variants by up to a thousandfold — and that a second dose essentially offered no additional benefit.

From Los Angeles Times

Such fireworks, which can outshine galaxies a thousandfold, can be seen across the universe; when first observed in the early 1960s, they were called quasars.

From Seattle Times

But one shot of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine significantly changed the picture: It amplified the amount of antibodies in their blood by a thousandfold — “a massive, massive boost,” said Andrew T. McGuire, an immunologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, who led the study.

From New York Times