tenfold
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- adjective
- /ˈtɛnfoʊld/
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- Even after adjusting for inflation, this represents an almost tenfold increase in federal drug control spending from 1985 to 2000.
- a tenfold increase
- a tenfold difference
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Examples
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Over the past three decades, the United States has witnessed a nearly tenfold increase in the number of girls who participate in interscholastic athletics.
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The first week of the games saw a tenfold increase in mobile search for related terms compared to the previous week.
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The company is in debt head over heels; still, the share price grew almost tenfold.
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So, an early investor has sustained a tenfold loss of share value.
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Today there are some 3,000 farmers markets in the United States, an almost tenfold rise from the early 1970s.
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By early 1991, there were projections of a tenfold increase in South Korean purchases of rolled steel from the USSR.
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If fulfilled, this would represent a nearly tenfold increase over the housing construction rate during Chávez's first two terms in office.
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By mid-2011, yuan deposits in Hong Kong equaled $85 billion, a roughly tenfold jump since Hu's 2008 statement.
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The company's profits grew by a tenfold increase over the last year.
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She reported a tenfold rise in the number of customers after the new marketing campaign.
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Etymology
Tenfold used as an adjective is built from ten + fold, with fold meaning 'parts' or 'times', like in twofold. So to call something tenfold is to say it has 'ten parts' or is 'ten times' bigger.