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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. four times as great or many;
- Example: "a fourfold increase in the dosage"
[syn: quadruple, fourfold, four-fold]

2. having four units or components;
- Example: "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"
- Example: "quadruplex wire"
[syn: quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold]


ADVERB (1)

1. by a factor of four;
- Example: "the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years"
[syn: fourfold, four times]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fourfold \Four"fold`\, n. Four times as many or as much. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fourfold \Four"fold`\, v. t. To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment; to quadruple. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fourfold \Four"fold`\, a. & adv. [AS. fe['o]werfeold.] Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. [1913 Webster] He shall restore the lamb fourfold. --2 Sam. xii. 6. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fourfold adv 1: by a factor of four; "the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years" [syn: fourfold, four times] adj 1: four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage" [syn: quadruple, fourfold, four-fold] 2: having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire" [syn: quadruple, quadruplicate, quadruplex, fourfold, four-fold]