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twofold

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14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈtuːfəʊld/
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/ˈtuːfəʊld/ · /ˈtufoʊld/ · /ˈtʉːfəʉld/ · /ˈtʉːfɐʉld/

Definition of twofold

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
    “The wheat produced a twofold harvest.”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
    “The wheat produced a twofold harvest.”
  2. (not-comparable)Having two parts, especially two different parts.
    “a twofold nature;  a twofold sense;  a twofold argument”
    “1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65. Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […]”
    “It is the tale of Ixion's twofold guilt, unnatural murder and unlawful love.”
    “"Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold."”

adv

  1. (not-comparable)In a double degree; doubly.

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Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two + -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.

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