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fourfold

[ fawr-fohld, fohr- ]

adjective

  1. comprising four parts or members.
  2. four times as great or as much.


adverb

  1. in fourfold measure.

fourfold

/ ˈɔːˌəʊ /

adjective

  1. equal to or having four times as many or as much
  2. composed of four parts
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. by or up to four times as many or as much
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fourfold1

before 1000; Middle English foure fald, Old English feowerfealdum. See four, -fold
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But as Vietnamese manufacturing has boomed, so has the nation’s trade surplus with the U.S., rising fourfold since 2015 to $123.5 billion last year.

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The result is that even the EPA’s alarming estimates of cancer risk vastly underestimate — by as much as fourfold — the chances of formaldehyde causing cancer.

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“Today we've got somewhere less than 2%, as well as a fourfold decrease in the living tissue color cover of our coral reefs in the Keys. That's due almost entirely to things like climate change.”

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Every age group has suffered increases, with the most alarming spike -- nearly fourfold -- in those aged 25 to 34.

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The purpose of prison is fourfold – to punish, protect the public, deter crime and give the opportunity for rehabilitation.

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