Dictionary

sevenfold en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɛvənfoʊld/
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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sevenfold, sevenefold, from Old English seofonfeald. Equivalent to seven + -fold.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Seven times as much; multiplied by seven.
   • Long-distance rail travel is increasing despite a similar sevenfold rise in ownership of private transport throughout the country. 1963 September, “French Railways' quarter-century expansion”, in Modern Railways, pages 189–190:
   • “I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”. 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
2. (not-comparable) Having seven parts; composed of seven items.
   • Come down to the sevenfold gates and harry the foemen away! 1908, “The Seven Against Thebes”, in Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 120:

Deriveds

sevenfoldness

Relateds

seventh · seven

Translations (27)

fi seitsenosainen (having seven parts (adjective)) · ang seofonfeald (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · de siebenfach (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · nl zevenvoudig (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · bg седемкратен (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · hu hétszer akkora/annyi (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · hu hétrétű (having seven parts (adjective)) · fi seitsemänkertainen (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · fi seitsemänosainen (having seven parts (adjective)) · te ఏడింతలు (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · sv sjufaldigat (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · sv sjufaldig (having seven parts (adjective)) · hu hétrészes (having seven parts (adjective)) · bg седморен (having seven parts (adjective)) · ru семикра́тный (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · fr septuple (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · hu hétszeres (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · fi seitsenkertainen (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · it settemplice (having seven parts (adjective)) · bg седморен (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · nl zevenvoudig (having seven parts (adjective)) · enm sevenefold (having seven parts (adjective)) · gd seachd-fillte (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · sv sjufaldigt (having seven parts (adjective)) · hu hetes (having seven parts (adjective)) · sv sjufaldigad (multiplied by seven (adjective)) · enm sevenfold (multiplied by seven (adjective))

sevenfold en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈsɛvənfoʊld/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sevenfold, sevenefold, from Old English seofonfeald. Equivalent to seven + -fold.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) By a factor of seven.
   • And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:15:

Translations (9)

nl zevenmaal (by a factor of seven (adverb)) · fi seitsemänkertaisesti (by a factor of seven (adverb)) · enm sevenefold (by a factor of seven (adverb)) · sv sjufaldigt (by a factor of seven (adverb)) · de siebenfach (by a factor of seven (adverb)) · sv sjufaldig (by a factor of seven (adverb)) · hu hétszeresen (by a factor of seven (adverb)) · fi seitsenkertaisesti (by a factor of seven (adverb)) · hu hétszeresére (by a factor of seven (adverb))