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
fourfold (not comparable)
Four times as great; quadruple.
Comprised of four individual members.
• quadruple, quadruplicate
fourfold (not comparable)
by a factor of four
• quadruply; see also four times
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
• quadruple, quadruplicate
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
12 February 2025
(noun) an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung’s disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
