Threefold Meaning
/θrˈiˌfoʊld/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjThree times as great.
adjTriple.
Sentence Examples
Thank to a fundamental restructuring, our surplus has swelled threefold.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The company's profits increased ____ this year, jumping from $100K to $300K.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The demand for the new product has increased ____ over the last month, which is much more than we expected today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
""We recognise that electrifying more of the railway is likely to be necessary to deliver decarbonisation," it stated.
There's clearly a growing momentum in that direction, but some significant hurdles have still to be overcome - not least the legacy of the three-fold increase in cost on the Great Western Electrification Programme, which has become the poster project for expensive wiring."
— 2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 33:
"In this way, we find some new pairs (h#123;1,1#125;,#92;#59;h#123;2,1#125;) of Hodge numbers of Calabi-Yau threefolds."
— 2015, Xun Yu, “McKay correspondence and new Calabi-Yau threefolds”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The company's profits increased ____ this year, jumping from $100K to $300K.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The demand for the new product has increased ____ over the last month, which is much more than we expected today.