twelvefold

[ adjective twelv-fohld; adverb twelv-fohld ]

/ adjective ˈtwɛlvˌfoʊld; adverb ˈtwɛlvˈfoʊld /

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adjective

having twelve sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.

being twelve times more, larger, greater, etc., as a given quantity size, intensity, or the like.

adverb

twelve times in amount or degree: Its potential destructive power was increased twelvefold.

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Origin of twelvefold

First recorded in 1550–60, twelvefold is from the Old English word twelf-feald.See twelve, -fold

Words nearby twelvefold

twelfth man, Twelfth Night, Twelfthtide, twelfth-year molar, twelve, twelvefold, twelve-inch, twelve-mile limit, twelvemo, twelvemonth, twelve patriarchs

How to use twelvefold in a sentence

Who knows how many thousand years ago The twelvefold Zodiac was made to show The course of stars above and men below?
Golden Stars|Henry Van Dyke
In the same period exports of hams and shoulders to France increased more than twelvefold and to Great Britain more than a third.
New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol. 8, Pt. 2, No. 1, July 1918|Various
By this twelvefold number therefore the orb of the whole earth is now signified.
The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church|lfric
But this twelvefold number is set for all mankind of all the orb, for the perfectness of its signification.
The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church|lfric

These Reflexionen recognise only the categories of relation, and must therefore be prior to the twelvefold classification.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'|Norman Kemp Smith