tenfold C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ See IPA manual Freq #36910 Meanings 1 adv by ten times as much The population increased tenfold. Thesaurus Synonyms decaddecuple Word family Related forms ten Etymology From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald. Equivalent to ten + -fold. tenfold Middle English tīenfeald Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # tenfold **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ **Frequency rank:** 36910 ## Meanings 1. by ten times as much ## Examples - The population increased tenfold. ## Synonyms - decad - decuple ## Related Forms - ten ## Roots and Affixes - Root: tenfold - Root: tīenfeald ## Etymology From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald. Equivalent to ten + -fold. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown