Hundredfold

adj, adv, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To increase to one hundred times as much; to multiply by a hundred. rare
Adjective
  1. 1
    Multiplied by a hundred. not-comparable

    "The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs."

Adverb
  1. 1
    By a factor of one hundred. not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    by a factor of one hundred wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
a hundred timescentennialcentuplehundred timessecular

Example

More examples

"And Isaac sowed in that land, and he found that same year a hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him."

Etymology

From Middle English hundredfold. Equivalent to hundred + -fold.

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