adj
Meaning 1
Three times as great.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
threefold
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adj
Meaning 2
Triple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adv
Meaning 3
By a factor of three.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 4
An algebraic variety of dimension 3.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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verb
Meaning 5
To make threefold; to triple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities- R.W.Emerson-Frederick Harrison
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a double (or dual) role for an actor
- the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence
- every episode has its double and treble meaning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, three-fold
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
three times as great or many
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a claim for treble (or triple) damages
- a threefold increase
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: treble, three-fold, triple
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 8
by a factor of three
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- our rent increased threefold in the past five years
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: three times
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: трикратен (trikraten) — three times as great
- Czech: trojnásobný — three times as great
- Faroese: trífalt — three times as great
- Finnish: kolminkertainen — three times as great
- French: trois fois plus grand — three times as great
- Georgian: სამმაგი (sammagi) — three times as great
- Hebrew: מְשֻׁלָּשׁ (meshulásh) — three times as great
- Hindi: तिगुना (tigunā) — three times as great
- Hindi: तिगना (tignā) — three times as great
- Hungarian: háromszor annyi/akkora — three times as great
- Hungarian: háromszoros — three times as great
- Italian: triplo — three times as great
- Macedonian: трократен (trokraten) — three times as great
- Māori: tōtoru — three times as great
- Marathi: तिप्पट (tippaṭ) — three times as great
- Marathi: तिनपट (tinpaṭ) — three times as great
- Middle English: threfold — three times as great
- Plautdietsch: dreefach — three times as great
- Polish: trzykrotny — three times as great
- Russian: троекра́тный (trojekrátnyj) — three times as great
- Telugu: మూడింతలు (mūḍintalu) — three times as great
- Bulgarian: троен (troen) — triple
- Finnish: kolminkertainen — triple
- French: triple — triple
- Greek: τριπλός (triplós) — triple
- Hungarian: háromrészes — triple
- Hungarian: hármas — triple
- Hungarian: háromrétű — triple
- Italian: triplo — triple
- Latin: triplus — triple
- Latin: triplex — triple
- Māori: tōtoru — triple
- Marathi: तिप्पट (tippaṭ) — triple
- Marathi: तिनपट (tinpaṭ) — triple
- Middle English: threfold — triple
- Plautdietsch: dreefach — triple
- Polish: potrójny — triple
- Polish: troisty — triple
- Polish: trojaki — triple
- Russian: тройно́й (trojnój) — triple
- Spanish: triple — triple
- Swedish: trefaldig — triple
- Czech: trojnásobně — by a factor of three
- Finnish: kolminkertaisesti — by a factor of three
- French: triplement — by a factor of three
- German: dreifach — by a factor of three
- Hungarian: háromszorosan — by a factor of three
- Hungarian: háromszorosára — by a factor of three
- Italian: tripletta — by a factor of three
- Māori: tōtoru — by a factor of three
- Middle English: threfold — by a factor of three
- Polish: trzykrotnie — by a factor of three
- Russian: троекра́тно (trojekrátno) — by a factor of three
- Russian: три́жды (tríždy) — by a factor of three
- Spanish: por triplicado — by a factor of three
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