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fortyfold

fortyfold

1 6.9
Forty times larger in amount or number
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɔrtiˌfoʊld/
: cuarenta veces
  • The demand for this product has increased fortyfold over the last year.

Examples

  • The population of this city has grown fortyfold since 1950.

  • For instance, with the initial guideline, the amount of the fraudulent loss could only increase the sentencing range fivefold; under the current fraud guideline, that increase is nearly fortyfold.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Since the introduction of the new policy, production efficiency has improved nearly fortyfold.

How Much

hundredfold
3 5.4
fortyfold
1 6.9
tenfold
14 4.3
threefold
1 3.9
twofold
1 3.7

Surface Forms

fortyfold positive

Morphology

fortyfold = forty (transparent) = forty + fold

The pattern 'number + -fold' is a productive English formation meaning 'times', so learners who know 'forty' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Fortyfold is built from forty (the number) and the ending -fold which means 'times', the same ending you see in twofold. So fortyfold simply means 'forty times as much'.