Tenfold

//ˈtɛnfoʊld// adj, adv, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.
Adjective
  1. 1
    Ten times as much or as many. not-comparable

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

  2. 2
    Containing ten parts. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    containing ten or ten parts wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    By ten times as much. not-comparable

    "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.""

Adverb
  1. 1
    by ten times as much wordnet

Synonyms

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decimaldecupledecupledenarydenarydenary

Example

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"The morals of children are tenfold worse than formerly."

Etymology

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

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