fourfold
adj/ˈfɔːfəʊld/UK/ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/US
Etymology
From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).
- inherited from fēowerfeald
- inherited from fourfold
Definitions
Four times as great
Four times as great; quadruple.
Comprised of four individual members.
- Most pupils have a fourfold object in studying a language; they wish to be able to read and write, to speak and to understand it.
By a factor of four.
- And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie.
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To increase to four times as much
To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four.
An algebraic variety of degree 4.
- Our main application is to the classification of Poisson brackets on Fano fourfolds.
The neighborhood
- synonymquadruple
- synonymquadruplicate
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for fourfold. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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