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eight-fold

eight-fold

1 5.6
Having eight parts or being eight times as many
  • adjective
  • /ˈeɪtˌfoʊld/
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  • The FAO data on Africa's urban population show it growing more than eight-fold from 1961 to 2003, while the urban population of Asia grew roughly half as much.
  • eight-fold increase

Examples

  • The company's profits multiplied eight-fold this year due to increased sales.

  • There has been an eight-fold rise in the number of students enrolling in online courses.

  • In 1850, they had risen to E2,302,000, an increase of more than eight-fold.

    Academic text (1993)

  • This latter risk is superimposed on the eight-fold increased risk of venous thrombosis for carriers of the factor V Leiden mutation.

    Academic text (1995)

  • With an eight-fold increase in counts per pixel, the ungated data provides greater statistical certainty than the gated data, equating to a 2.9-fold decrease in sampling error.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The recipe calls for an eight-fold amount of sugar compared to the regular version.

Synonyms

eightfold
vseight-fold
1 5.8

Made of eight parts

is the hyphenated form used in some writing styles
octuple
vseight-fold
1 7.7

Having eight parts or units

also means eight times as much rather than only being about parts

Surface Forms

eight-fold positive

Morphology

eight-fold = eight (transparent) = eight + fold

The adjective is formed by attaching the productive suffix '-fold' to the numeral 'eight', yielding the clear multiplicative sense 'eight times' or 'having eight parts'.

Etymology

Eight-fold is simply made from eight and fold, where fold means 'times' or 'layers' — like when you fold paper and make more layers. So eight-fold means 'eight times' or 'having eight parts', which is why something that grows eight-fold becomes eight times larger.