twelvefold

American  

[twelv-fohld, twelv-fohld] / ˈtwɛlvˌfoʊld, ˈtwɛlvˈfoʊld /

adjective

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

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

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adverb

1. twelve times in amount or degree.

   Its potential destructive power was increased twelvefold.

Etymology

Origin of twelvefold

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

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Example Sentences

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twelvefold

Over the next six decades, as the glacier retreated, the wedge expanded into a long finger, and the size of the lake grew twelvefold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026

The Fed has solved a series of financial crashes by massively expanding its balance sheet twelvefold, from around $730 billion 20 years ago to about $8.7 trillion today.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 24, 2023

While that was up twelvefold from a year earlier, losses widened.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2023

Sales volume in Leh is up twelvefold since Incredible Himalaya took over deliveries from the postal service, which was much slower and required customers to pick up packages at the post office.

From New York Times ● Jul. 2, 2018

If he had inflicted a penalty, he had now to repay it twelvefold to him from whom it was exacted.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter) Johns

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