fivefold

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   five times as large, numerous, or great

   The revised plan produced a fivefold increase in storage capacity.

2. 2
   adj

   consisting of five parts or members

   The committee proposed a fivefold classification of the evidence.

3. 3
   adv

   by a factor of five

   The city's population increased fivefold over the following century.

From Middle English fiffold and Old English fīffeald, built from five and -fold. The suffix expresses multiplication or a grouping into the stated number of parts.

Topics