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fourfold
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As an adjective, fourfold means four times as great. As an adverb, it means by a factor of four.
Meanings of fourfold
6 meaningsadjective
Four times as great; quadruple.
Comprised of four individual members.
Having four units or components
“quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure”
“quadruplex wire”
Similar: quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, four-fold
adverb
By a factor of four.
verb
To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four.
noun
mathematicsAn algebraic variety of degree 4.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: having four units or components
adverb: by a factor of four
four times
Words that rhyme with fourfold
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