tenfold

CEFRB2

/ˈtɛnfoʊld/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Ten times as much or as many.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    By ten times as much.

Examples

  • The morals of children are tenfold worse than formerly.

  • "I love you!" "I love you tenfold!"

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meaning

  1. Containing ten parts.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.

More examples

In context

  • 1896, William Allen Sylvester, Modern Carpentry and Building, page 142, "But, since we have increased the original value of 26 tenfold its original value, we must increase the original result tenfold : ten times 2 equal 20, the required answer."

  • [F]ull of death, and fierce vvith tenfold froſt, / The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, / Falls horrible.

  • I am here [in prison] for committing a crime, yet I see the state officials commit crimes that are ten fold worse and they do it without ramifications.

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald. Equivalent to ten + -fold.