Thousandfold
//ˈθaʊzəndfoʊld// adj, adv
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times. not-comparable
"The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque."
- 2 Having one thousand parts or members. not-comparable
"Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life."
Adverb
- 1 By a factor of a thousand. not-comparable
Example
More examples"Let conscience be a thousandfold witness."
Etymology
From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.
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