Tenfold
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tenfold is an adjective meaning Ten times as much or as many.
Meaning
Ten times as much or as many.
More Meanings
- Containing ten parts.
- By ten times as much.
- To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.
Example Sentences
[F]ull of death, and fierce vvith tenfold froſt, / The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, / Falls horrible.
I am here [in prison] for committing a crime, yet I see the state officials commit crimes that are ten fold worse and they do it without ramifications.
1896, William Allen Sylvester, Modern Carpentry and Building, page 142, "But, since we have increased the original value of 26 tenfold its original value, we must increase the original result tenfold : ten times 2 equal 20, the required answer."
Word Forms
- ten-fold
- tenfolds
- tenfolding
- tenfolded
Synonyms for tenfold
Depending on context, synonyms include denary, multiple.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include multiple, denary, ten, considerable, fivefold, ninefold.
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