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millionfold

millionfold

7.0
To increase by one million times
  • adverb
  • /ˈmɪljənˌfoʊld/
translation icon : millón de veces
  • Thanks to technological advances, processing power has increased millionfold in the last few decades.

Examples

  • The bacteria multiplied millionfold in just twenty-four hours.

  • His investment grew millionfold after the company went public.

  • The increase was millionfold.

  • The millionfold growth surprised everyone.

  • His investment grew millionfold after the company went public.

  • Thanks to technological advances, processing power has increased millionfold in the last few decades.

  • The bacteria multiplied millionfold in just twenty-four hours.

How Many Times

millionfold
7.0
tenfold
12 4.3
twofold
3.5

Surface Forms

millionfold positive

Morphology

millionfold = million (transparent) = million + fold

The numeral 'million' combined with productive suffix '-fold' meaning 'times' is directly interpretable by learners familiar with examples like 'twofold' or 'tenfold'.

Etymology

The word millionfold is just million plus fold. The part fold means 'times', as in the common word twofold, so millionfold means 'a million times' or multiplied by one million.