sevenfold
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- adverb
- /ˈsɛvənˌfoʊld/
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siete veces
- As the world population has doubled and as the global economy has expanded sevenfold over the last half-century, our claims on the Earth have become excessive.
Examples
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Japan's economy skyrocketed as exports grew more than fourfold in real terms between 1955 and 1965 and sevenfold over the decade thereafter.
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The company reported that its profits rose sevenfold after the new marketing strategy was implemented.
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According to the Asia Foundation, India's development assistance has grown sevenfold between 2000 and 2015.
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Between 2000 and 2010, the volume of bilateral trade between China and Pakistan grew sevenfold, with Chinese companies currently working on 250 projects within Pakistan.
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The quantity of Indian seafood exports has grown almost sevenfold since 1961.
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By the mid-1890s, the existing port facilities had become woefully inadequate; between 1888 and 1890, rail traffic to Belawan increased sevenfold.
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Likewise, China's electronics and telecom exports have grown sevenfold since 1993 (to $89 billion last year), with the FFES's share of those exports growing from 45 percent to 74 percent over the same period.
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The number of students enrolled in the program increased sevenfold over the past five years.
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After the new law was passed, funding for public transportation increased sevenfold in the city.
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Etymology
The word sevenfold comes from seven + fold, where fold means 'times', as in twofold. So, if something increases sevenfold, it increases 'seven times' as much.