Science Fair Project Dictionary
-fold
English
Combining form
-fold
- Used to make adjectives meaning times.
- There has been a threefold increase in inflation (ie, inflation is three times what it was before)
- Used to make adverbs meaning times.
- Inflation has increased threefold (ie, inflation is three times what it was before)
Related terms
Note: -fold can be combined with the word for any positive integer. The words listed below are some of the most common combinations. These words are not hyphenated.
- twofold
- threefold
- fourfold
- fivefold
- sixfold
- sevenfold
- eightfold
- ninefold
- tenfold
- elevenfold
- twelvefold
- twentyfold
- thirtyfold
- fortyfold
- fiftyfold
- sixtyfold
- seventyfold
- eightyfold
- ninetyfold
- hundredfold
- thousandfold
- millionfold
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