four-fold
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4.6
- adjective
- /fɔr foʊld/
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- By 2012, more than 6,900 did; that was more than a four-fold increase.
- a four-fold increase
Examples
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Since 2007, that correlation has swelled more than four-fold to 86%.
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It should in theory preserve the four fold symmetry there.
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Square net or square cell net was what was required by a four fold axis and then the hexagonal net.
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For a finding to qualify as a conclusion in this study, we required that it pass the four-fold probability standard.
Academic text (1994) -
"Over the past 45 years, the number of American workers taking federal disability payments has increased four-fold relative to the number actually working."
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The reason is that there is no scientific justification to expose thousands of children to a four-fold increase in the dose of common childhood vaccines.
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Table 2 presents a four-fold division that best captures the implicit affirmative action by which characters are evaluated in history texts.
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The use of renewable energy in our city has resulted in a four-fold reduction in pollution.
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The new policy led to a four-fold increase in the number of people using public transport.
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Her business expanded to a four-fold scale, producing four times the amount of products as before.
Synonyms
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4.0
Made of four parts or four times larger
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5.1
Four times as much or having four parts
Having four parts
Having four parts or units
A ring in a molecule that has four atoms or groups
How Many Times
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Etymology
The word four-fold combines four and fold, where fold means 'times' or 'layers', as in twofold or tenfold. So four-fold simply means 'four times' or 'made of four parts'.