fivefold
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- adjective
- /ˈfaɪvˌfoʊld/
:
quintuple
- As poppy moves from farmers' fields across borders, there is a fivefold increase in price.
- a fivefold increase
Examples
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In the Machakos District in Kenya, a fivefold increase in population was associated with a shift from highly degrading to much more sustainable agriculture.
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Over the past 3 decades, it has achieved a fivefold increase in real per capita income as well as an average of 8.6% annual growth in its gross national product.
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The polar bear population has increased fivefold over the last 20 years.
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Since 1973, a fivefold increase in the number of women in the U.S. military has occurred.
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The count of clubs multiplied fivefold, and there were nearly ten times more members.
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People with metabolic syndrome have a fivefold increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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During the decade of the 1970s alone, Germany's exports to Latin America increased almost fivefold in terms of absolute value.
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The greatest increases have been in China—an extraordinary fivefold increase, mostly occurring in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Apparent consumption of oil and oil products rose from about 2.3 million metric tons in 1959 to 11.7 million metric tonnes in 1988, nearly a fivefold increase, or a 5.6 percent average annual growth rate.
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The demand for electric vehicles has surged, leading to a fivefold increase in production over the past decade.
Synonyms
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6.8
Made of five parts
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Fivefold is made of five and fold, and fold here means 'times' or 'layers', as in the common word twofold. So fivefold means 'five times as much' or 'having five parts'.