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9️⃣ Having nine parts 🔢 By nine times
ninefold

ninefold

6.7
Having nine parts
  • adjective
  • /ˈnaɪnfoʊld/
translation icon : nueve veces
  • The research showed that the number of participants in the study increased ninefold compared to last year.
  • a ninefold increase

Examples

  • The population of the town grew to a ninefold increase over the past decade.

  • The magnitude of the associations between CSA and subsequent high-risk sexual behaviors in these studies varied from a twofold to a ninefold increase in risk.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Proven world oil reserves in the noncommunist world increased from 62 billion barrels in 1948 to 534 billion barrels in 1972, almost a ninefold rise.

    Academic text (1993)

  • After implementing the new marketing strategy, the company's profits surged ninefold.

Synonyms

nine-fold
vsninefold
5.7

Made of nine parts or nine times as much

is the same in meaning but written without a hyphen
nonuple
vsninefold
  • Specialized
9.9

Having nine parts or being nine times as many

is a common adjective form used broadly in ordinary writing

Antonyms

single
54 1.0

The number one or the digit 1

Surface Forms

ninefold positive

Morphology

ninefold = nine (transparent) = nine + fold

The formation is a regular number + '-fold' construction meaning 'consisting of nine parts', which learners can readily infer.

Etymology

Ninefold comes from the parts nine and fold, where fold means 'layers' or 'times', just like in twofold. So, something described as ninefold has nine parts or nine layers.