threefold

C2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈθriːˌfoʊld/ See IPA manual

Freq #60124

Meanings

1

adv
by a factor of three

Our rent increased threefold in the past five years.

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Synonyms

1 adv · by a factor of three three times

More trine triple triplicate ternary tripartite

Opposites

trisect

Word family

Related forms twofold

Etymology

From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.

threfold Middle English þrīfeald Old English

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Describing Qualities

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