Fourfold
['fɔːfəʊld] or ['fɔrfold]
Definition
(adv.) by a factor of four; 'the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years'.
Editor: Sallust--From WordNet
Definition
(a. & adv.) Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division.
(n.) Four times as many or as much.
(v. t.) To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment,; to quadruple.
Checker: Marie
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Quadruple.
n. Four times as many, four times as much.
Typist: Maxine
Examples
- Might not that woman, by her labour, have made the reparation ordained by God in paying fourfold? Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He reasoned that the advantages thus obtained would be fourfold: a minimum of machinery and parts; greater compactness; a saving of power; and greater economy in mining. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Maxine