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Cardinal : two Ordinal : second Latinate ordinal : secondary Reverse order ordinal : second to last , second from last , last but one Latinate reverse order ordinal : penultimate Adverbial : two times , twice Multiplier : twofold Latinate multiplier : double Distributive : doubly Group collective : both , pair , twosome Multipart collective : doublet , couple , couplet Greek or Latinate collective : dyad Metric collective prefix : double- Greek collective prefix : di- , duo- Latinate collective prefix : bi- Fractional : half Metric fractional prefix : demi- Latinate fractional prefix : semi- Greek fractional prefix : hemi- Elemental : twin , doublet Greek prefix : deutero- Number of musicians : duo , duet , duplet Number of years : biennium
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Etymology
From Middle English twofold , from Old English twēofeald . Equivalent to two + -fold ; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig .
Pronunciation
Adjective
twofold (not comparable )
Double ; duplicate ; multiplied by two.
The wheat produced a twofold harvest.
Having two parts, especially two different parts.
a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument
1874 , Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English , Pythian Ode III, page 65.
Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown
1879 , F. D. Morice, Pindar , chapter 7 , page 107 :It is the tale of Ixion's twofold guilt, unnatural murder and unlawful love.
2014 , Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy :"Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold ."
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double
Arabic: ثُنَائِيّ (ar) ( ṯunāʔiyy ) , مُزْدَوِج ( muzdawij )
Bulgarian: дво́ен (bg) ( dvóen )
Catalan: doble (ca)
Dutch: tweevoudig (nl) , tweeledig (nl)
Esperanto: duoble
Finnish: kaksinkertainen (fi)
French: double (fr)
Georgian: ორმაგი ( ormagi )
German: zweifach (de) , doppelt (de)
Greek: διπλάσιος (el) ( diplásios )
Ancient: διπλάσιος ( diplásios )
Hindi: दुगना (hi) ( dugnā ) , दोगुना (hi) ( dogunā )
Hungarian: kétszeres (hu) , dupla (hu) , kettős (hu) , kétszer annyi /akkora
Italian: duplice (it)
Latin: duplus (la) , duplex (la) , timor m
Manx: dooblit
Maori: rearua
Middle English: twofold
Old Saxon: twēfald
Plautdietsch: tweefach
Polish: podwójny (pl) , podwojony , zdwojony
Portuguese: duplo (pt)
Russian: двойно́й (ru) ( dvojnój ) , двукра́тный (ru) ( dvukrátnyj )
Sanskrit: द्वय (sa) ( dvaya )
Scottish Gaelic: dà-fhillte
Spanish: doble (es)
Swahili: maradufu
Swedish: tvåfaldig , dubbel (sv)
Telugu: రెండింతలు (te) ( reṇḍintalu )
Turkish: çifte (tr)
Adverb
twofold (not comparable )
In a double degree; doubly .
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“twofold ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
“twofold ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
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Etymology
A remodelling of twifold after two + -fold .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈtwɔːfɔːld/ , /ˈtwoːfɔːld/
Adjective
twofold
double , twofold ( having two parts )
double , twofold ( two times )
( rare ) uncertain , wavering
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Adverb
twofold
In a twofold way; twice .
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