Sixfold
adj, adv ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Having six times as much or as many. not-comparable
- 2 Having six component parts. not-comparable
"The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are. 1605, Andrew Willet, Hexapla in Geneſin, That Is, A Sixfold Commentarie Upon Genesis, wherein ſixe ſeverall tranſlations, that is the Septuagint, and the Chalde, two Latin, of Hierome, and Tremellius, two Engliſh, the great Bible , and the Geneva edition are compared."
- 1 having six units or components wordnet
- 1 Times six, multiplied by six. not-comparable
"I will return your investment sixfold. That's right, you'll have 600% of what you started with. 1885, Alexander Campbell, Speeches on Divers Occasions, page 101, "[He] would state that in [1842, there were] 3,448 letters ... received, and in 1865 [that total was] 18,222, or nearly sixfold more."
- 1 by a factor of six wordnet
Example
More examples"The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are. 1605, Andrew Willet, Hexapla in Geneſin, That Is, A Sixfold Commentarie Upon Genesis, wherein ſixe ſeverall tranſlations, that is the Septuagint, and the Chalde, two Latin, of Hierome, and Tremellius, two Engliſh, the great Bible , and the Geneva edition are compared."
Etymology
From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.
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