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📰 A folded leaflet 📄 Folded in three 3️⃣ Three times bigger
trifold

trifold

5.6
Three times the normal amount or size
  • adjective
  • /ˈtraɪfoʊld/
translation icon : triple
  • The new model offers a trifold increase in processing speed.

Examples

  • After the investment, her savings grew to a trifold sum of what she initially had.

  • The company's profits increased to a trifold amount compared to last year.

  • And Nate bought this giant trifold mattress and Wendy's is gone.

Synonyms

threefold
vstrifold
2 3.9

Three times as many or as much

is the same meaning expressed with a different form
treble
vstrifold
5.9

Three times as much

focuses on amount or degree rather than physical parts
triplex
vstrifold
8.1

Having three parts

refers to multiplied amount rather than physical composition

Surface Forms

trifold positive
trifolded comparative

Morphology

trifold = fold (transparent) = tri + fold

The adjective is formed by the numeric prefix 'tri-' plus 'fold' meaning 'times' (as in twofold/threefold); the multiplicative sense is directly inferable.

Etymology

Trifold combines tri- meaning 'three' and fold meaning 'times', like in the word 'twofold', so it means 'three times' or three times as much. That's why a trifold increase is an amount three times larger.