FOURFOLD

quadruple, fourfold, four-fold

(adjective) four times as great or many; “a fourfold increase in the dosage”

quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold

(adjective) having four units or components; “quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure”; “quadruplex wire”

fourfold, four times

(adverb) by a factor of four; “the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

fourfold (not comparable)

Four times as great; quadruple.

Comprised of four individual members.

Synonyms

• quadruple, quadruplicate

Adverb

fourfold (not comparable)

by a factor of four

Synonyms

• quadruply; see also four times

Verb

fourfold (third-person singular simple present fourfolds, present participle fourfolding, simple past and past participle fourfolded)

to increase to four times as much; to multiply by four

Synonyms

• quadruple, quadruplicate

Noun

fourfold (plural fourfolds)

(mathematics) An algebraic variety of degree 4.

Source: Wiktionary


Four"fold`, a. & adv. Etym: [AS. feĂłwerfeold.]

Definition: Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. He snall restore the lamb fourfold. 2 Sam. xii. 6.

Four"fold`, n.

Definition: Four times as many or as much.

Four"fold`, v. t.

Definition: To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment,; to quadruple.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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