eightfold
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- adjective
- /ˈeɪtfoʊld/
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octuple
- The Eightfold Path is made up of wisdom, sincerity, truthfulness, courtesy, joy in work, determination, clear thinking, and concentration.
Buddhists don't perfectly keep the eightfold path of Buddhism.
- Buddhists don't perfectly keep the eightfold path of Buddhism.
- Let's discuss the eightfold path in Buddhism.
- And the fourth one is the so-called Noble Eightfold Path.
- So the first couple of limbs of the Eightfold Path are about right understanding but right thought.
- It is called Noble Eightfold Path because it is describing.
- This guideline is that noble eightfold path.
Examples
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In one decade, this industry grew more than eightfold.
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The population of the city increased eightfold over the last decade, showcasing rapid growth.
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By 1960, revenue was more than eightfold above the 1950 level, a figure only partly due to a 50 percent increase in output.
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From 1950 to 2000, social work doctoral programs expanded eightfold.
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Overall case filings had increased more than eightfold between 1898 and 1968, and consumer bankruptcy filings, which were almost nonexistent in 1928, exceeded 180,000 by 1968.
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The study revealed an eightfold rise in the effectiveness of the new treatment compared to the previous version.
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Following the merger, the company's profits soared to an eightfold increase, reflecting its newfound strength.
Synonyms
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Having eight parts or units
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Having eight parts or being eight times as many
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Etymology
Eightfold joins eight and fold, where fold means 'times' or 'layers', as in twofold, so it literally means 'eight times' or 'having eight parts'. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine folding a sheet of paper three times to make eight layers, which gives a clear image of 'eightfold'.