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Definition of fivefold - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
quantityequal to or having five times as many
- The company's profits increased fivefold this year.
2.
compositionRare composed of five parts or unitsRare
- The fivefold structure of the building is unique.
Adverb
increase factorincreased or multiplied by five
- The production costs have risen fivefold in the past year..
Origin of fivefold
Old English, fif (five) + -feald (fold)
Terms with fivefold included in their meaning
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mathematics
fivefold amount or quantity
fivefold increase
increased five times in amount or number
fivefold increase
increasing fivefold in number or amount
Examples of fivefold in a sentence
Their workload increased fivefold after the merger. The recipe has a fivefold increase in ingredients. The fivefold division of the book made it easy to follow. The company's revenue increased fivefold over the decade. The population of the town grew fivefold in ten years.
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- French:quintuplé, par cinq, ...
- German:fünffach, fünfteilig, ...
- Italian:quintuplo, cinque volte di più, ...
- Spanish:quintuplicado, cinco veces más, ...
- Portuguese:quíntuplo, cinco vezes mais, ...
- Chinese:五倍的, 五倍地, ...
- Japanese:5倍の, 5倍, ...
- Arabic:خَمْسَة أَضْعَاف, بِمِقْدار خَمْس مَرّات, ...
- Hebrew:מְחֻמָּשׁ, פִּי חֲמִישָׁה, ...
- Russian:пятикратный, пятикратно, ...
- Ukrainian:п'ятикратний, уп'ятеро, ...
- Hindi:पाँच गुना, पंचगुणा, ...
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