Fourfold

//ˈfɔːfəʊld// adj, adv, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Four times as great; quadruple. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Comprised of four individual members. not-comparable

    "Most pupils have a fourfold object in studying a language; they wish to be able to read and write, to speak and to understand it."

Adjective
  1. 1
    four times as great or many wordnet
  2. 2
    having four units or components wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    By a factor of four. not-comparable

    "And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie."

Adverb
  1. 1
    by a factor of four wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An algebraic variety of degree 4.

    "Our main application is to the classification of Poisson brackets on Fano fourfolds."

Verb
  1. 1
    To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).

Etymology 2

From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).

Etymology 3

From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).

Etymology 4

From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).

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