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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
elevenfold en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Indo-European *leyp-
Proto-Germanic *lībaną
Proto-Germanic *-lif
Proto-Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun
Old English endleofan
Middle English elleven
English eleven
English -fold
English elevenfold
From eleven + -fold.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) By a factor of eleven.
Deriveds
elevenfoldness
elevenfold en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Indo-European *leyp-
Proto-Germanic *lībaną
Proto-Germanic *-lif
Proto-Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalif
Proto-West Germanic *ainalifun
Old English endleofan
Middle English elleven
English eleven
English -fold
English elevenfold
From eleven + -fold.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) By a factor of eleven.
From the 1810s to the 2000s, the frequency of “achievement” in written American English grew elevenfold, according to a search of the Corpus of Historical American English, a database of 107,000 newspapers, magazines, novels, plays and film scripts.
2010 October 29, Anand Giridharadas, “America and the ‘Fun’ Generation”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 May 2021:Sony’s shares are up more than elevenfold since 2012, profits have risen, and the company is still one of Japan’s largest, with about 110,000 employees and a market value around $108 billion.
2020 November 12, “How the PlayStation became Sony’s centerpiece product.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020: