twofold

Examples

• All

• I think benefits will be twofold if people follow Google's policies and Google will keep their promises.

  Blog text (10)

• The long-term value of this type of program is twofold.

  Academic text (1992)

• To address these questions, the article has a twofold aim.

  Academic text (1997)

• The importance of these key changes is twofold.

  Academic text (2008)

• Our latest issue brings regular readers a twofold treat.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Knowledge, which has influenced the 21st century, has shown a twofold increase every four years.

  Academic text (2009)

• Now, general Carnaby's mission was twofold.

  Where Eagles Dare (1968)

• The legacy of these and other painters of the 1960s was twofold.

  Academic text (2012)

• The G5 system increases performance more than twofold over that of the G4 system.

  Academic text (1999)

• The report showed that the company's profits had increased twofold over the last year.

Synonyms

D

double

vstwofold

∞ 1.0

Twice as large or for two people

specifies twice the amount without implying a pair

T

two times

vstwofold

46 1.0

Twice as much or as many

is used as an adjective to mean being twice as much

T

two-fold

vstwofold

2 4.4

Twice as much or twice as many

is the same meaning but written without a hyphen

D

doubled

vstwofold

1.0

Two times as large or as many as before

describes being twice the amount as a general measure

Antonyms

S

single

54 1.0

The number one or the digit 1

How Many

multiple

899 3.2

fourfold

1 4.7

threefold

2 3.9

twofold

4 3.7

single

54 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology