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nine-fold

nine-fold

5.7
Made of nine parts or nine times as much
  • adjective
  • /naɪn-foʊld/
translation icon : nueve veces
  • The federal government has spent billions of dollars on border and interior enforcement over the last several years ($3.0 billion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 alone—a nine-fold increase since FY 1992).
  • nine-fold increase

Examples

  • The number of W-2 scam reports rose to about 900, an almost nine-fold increase from 2016.

  • Between 1870 and 1985, farm output increased nearly nine-fold.

  • Sales of bottled water have grown nine-fold in the past 20 years.

Synonyms

ninefold
vsnine-fold
6.7

Having nine parts

is the same meaning but written with a hyphen
nonuple
vsnine-fold
  • Specialized
9.9

Having nine parts or being nine times as many

emphasizes composition in nine parts rather than multiplication

Surface Forms

nine-fold positive

Morphology

nine-fold = nine (transparent) = nine + fold

The meaning 'nine times' follows the standard productive use of the suffix '-fold' with numerals and is directly derivable by learners.

Etymology

The word nine-fold joins nine, the number, and fold, an old word meaning 'times' or 'layers'. So a nine-fold increase is 'nine times' as much, or something made of nine parts.