Thank to a fundamental restructuring, our surplus has swelled threefold.
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Threefold
Synonyms for "threefold" (24 found)
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Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (12)
Adverb(2 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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55 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- трикратен adj (three times as great)
- троен adj (triple)
Czech
2 entries- trojnásobný adj (three times as great)
- trojnásobně adv (by a factor of three)
Faroese
1 entries- trífalt adj (three times as great)
Finnish
3 entries- kolminkertainen adj (three times as great)
- kolminkertainen adj (triple)
- kolminkertaisesti adv (by a factor of three)
French
3 entries- triple adj (triple)
- trois fois plus grand adj (three times as great)
- triplement adv (by a factor of three)
Georgian
1 entries- სამმაგი adj (three times as great)
German
1 entries- dreifach adv (by a factor of three)
Greek
1 entries- τριπλός adj (triple)
Hebrew
1 entries- מְשֻׁלָּשׁ adj (three times as great)
Hindi
2 entries- तिगना adj (three times as great)
- तिगुना adj (three times as great)
Hungarian
4 entries- hármas adj (triple)
- háromrészes adj (triple)
- háromrétű adj (triple)
- háromszor annyi/akkora adj (three times as great)
Italian
3 entries- triplo adj (three times as great)
- triplo adj (triple)
- tripletta adv (by a factor of three)
Latin
2 entries- triplex adj (triple)
- triplus adj (triple)
Macedonian
1 entries- трократен adj (three times as great)
Marathi
4 entries- तिनपट adj (three times as great)
- तिनपट adj (triple)
- तिप्पट adj (three times as great)
- तिप्पट adj (triple)
Middle English
3 entries- threfold adj (three times as great)
- threfold adj (triple)
- threfold adv (by a factor of three)
Māori
3 entries- tōtoru adj (three times as great)
- tōtoru adj (triple)
- tōtoru adv (by a factor of three)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- dreefach adj (three times as great)
- dreefach adj (triple)
Polish
4 entries- potrójny adj (triple)
- troisty adj (triple)
- trojaki adj (triple)
- trzykrotny adj (three times as great)
Russian
4 entries- троекра́тный adj (three times as great)
- тройно́й adj (triple)
- три́жды adv (by a factor of three)
- троекра́тно adv (by a factor of three)
Spanish
2 entries- triple adj (triple)
- por triplicado adv (by a factor of three)
Swedish
1 entries- trefaldig adj (triple)
Telugu
1 entries- మూడింతలు adj (three times as great)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The way of the superior man is threefold, but I am not equal to it. Virtuous, he is free from anxieties; wise, he is free from perplexities; bold, he is free from fear.
Source: tatoeba (1906451)
Modern Algeria has embarked on a process of Arabization, Islamization and socialism and this threefold policy has been a failure.
Source: tatoeba (8590013)
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: for if one falls, the other can lift up his fellow, but woe to the one who falls and has no one to pick him up. Also, if two lie together, they can keep warm, but how does one person keep warm? And if one attacks, two can stand against him, and a threefold thread is not easily broken.
Source: tatoeba (13279343)
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