adj
Meaning 1
Having six times as much or as many.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sixfold
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adj
Meaning 2
Having six component parts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 3
Times six, multiplied by six.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
having six units or components
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sextuple, six-fold
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 5
by a factor of six
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the population of this town increased sixfold when gold was found in the surrounding hills
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: six times
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: hatszoros — having six times as much or as many
- Hungarian: hatszor annyi/akkora — having six times as much or as many
- Arabic: سُدَاسِيّ (sudāsiyy) — having six component parts
- Bulgarian: шесткратен (šestkraten) — having six component parts
- Finnish: kuusiosainen — having six component parts
- Hungarian: hatrészes — having six component parts
- Hungarian: hatos — having six component parts
- Hungarian: hatrétű — having six component parts
- Irish: séchodach — having six component parts
- Persian: ششگانه (šešgâne) — having six component parts
- Russian: шестикра́тный (šestikrátnyj) — having six component parts
- Telugu: ఆరింతలు (ārintalu) — having six component parts
- Hungarian: hatszorosan — times six, multiplied by six
- Hungarian: hatszorosára — times six, multiplied by six