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6️⃣ Six parts or times 6️⃣ By six times
sixfold

sixfold

4.5
Become six times bigger
  • adverb
  • /ˈsɪksfoʊld/
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  • The city's population has grown sixfold over the past decade.
  • increase sixfold

Examples

  • So it's hard when government revenues increase sixfold in real terms, not to reduce poverty.

  • Research shows that the use of renewable energy sources has expanded sixfold since 2010.

  • A study of Kent shows that in the reign of Elizabeth, the dowries being paid by Yeoman with their daughters rose sixfold in the course of her reign.

  • The company reported that profits increased sixfold last year compared to the previous year.

How Many

tenfold
12 4.3
sixfold
4.5
fivefold
1 5.2
fourfold
1 4.7
threefold
2 3.9
twofold
4 3.7

Surface Forms

sixfold positive

Morphology

sixfold = six (transparent) = six + fold

Clear formation from the numeral 'six' with the productive suffix '-fold' meaning 'times', so the meaning 'by six times' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Sixfold comes from the number six and the word fold, which means 'times' or 'layers'. So, sixfold means 'by six times'.