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English
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Etymology
From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald. Equivalent to ten + -fold.
Adjective
tenfold (not comparable)
- Ten times as much or as many.
1728, James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: A Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, , published 1768, →OCLC, page 198, lines 923–925:[F]ull of death, and fierce vvith tenfold froſt, / The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, / Falls horrible.
- Containing ten parts.
Synonyms
Translations
ten times as much or as many
Adverb
tenfold (not comparable)
- By ten times as much.
- 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."
1987 August 15, Stephen William Gumpl, “Refusing To Become A Piece”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 4:I am here [in prison] for committing a crime, yet I see the state officials commit crimes that are ten fold worse and they do it without ramifications.
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Verb
tenfold (third-person singular simple present tenfolds, present participle tenfolding, simple past and past participle tenfolded)
- To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.
Translations
increase to ten times as much
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