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

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

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

This might be double, treble, fourfold, fivefold, sixfold, tenfold, twelvefold, even thirtyfold, according to the enormity of the offence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various