sixfold

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18
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19
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7

Definition of sixfold

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having six times as much or as many.
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Having six times as much or as many.
  2. (not-comparable)Having six component parts.
    “The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are.”

adv

  1. (not-comparable)Times six, multiplied by six.
    “I will return your investment sixfold. That's right, you'll have 600% of what you started with. 1885, Alexander Campbell, Speeches on Divers Occasions, page 101, "[He] would state that in [1842, there were] 3,448 letters ... received, and in 1865 [that total was] 18,222, or nearly sixfold more.”

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Etymology

From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.

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