threefold

Examples

• All

• The global economy will continue to grow—probably at least threefold over the next 30 years.

  Academic text (2011)

• Maritime kidnappings, however, showed a threefold increase from 2015.

  Academic text (2017)

• In the last six months, a threefold increase?

  Traffic (2000)

• The budget has been increased threefold to make the system work.

  Academic text (1991)

• We estimate that by the second period, annual savings would increase nearly threefold.

  Academic text (2011)

• We have seen a threefold increase in joint investigations between Canada and the United States since 1995.

  Academic text (2001)

• In particular, U.S. imports from China have increased since the late 1980s; they grew more than threefold between 1990 and 1996.

  Academic text (1999)

• There has been a threefold increase in the homicide rate in Baghdad.

  Academic text (2006)

• The number of centers around the nation increased more than threefold in the early 1990s, from 75 in 1991 to 235 in 1995.

  Academic text (2006)

• In the last year, we saw a threefold increase in sales, reaching record numbers.

Synonyms

T

triple

vsthreefold

194 2.6

Made of three parts or three times as much

focuses on multiplication rather than physical parts

T

trifold

vsthreefold

5.6

Three times the normal amount or size

is the same meaning but uses a different written form

T

treble

vsthreefold

5.9

Three times as much

emphasizes pure multiplication rather than parts or aspects

How Many Times

eightfold

1 5.8

sevenfold

1 6.5

sixfold

1 4.7

fivefold

1 5.2

fourfold

1 4.7

threefold

2 3.9

twofold

4 3.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology