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

Example Sentences

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

Last year, the value of durian exports from Southeast Asia to China was $6.7 billion, a twelvefold increase from $550 million in 2017.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024

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

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2023

This is in part, she says, because oxytocin receptor sites, the uterine cells that detect oxytocin and cause contractions, are low in number during early pregnancy and increase approximately twelvefold by 37 to 41 weeks.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022

The Tree of Life stood budding there,   Abundant with its twelvefold fruits;   Eternal sap sustains its roots, Its shadowing branches fill the air.

From Goblin Market, The Prince's Progress, and Other Poems by Rossetti, Christina Georgina