Dictionary

tenfold en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fold.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Ten times as much or as many.
   • [F]ull of death, and fierce vvith tenfold froſt, / The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, / Falls horrible. a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 198, lines 923–925:
   • Some 460,000 Americans are behind bars for drug offenses--a tenfold increase over 1980. 2001 May 7, Margot Roosevelt et al., “The War Against The War On Drugs”, in TIME, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2012:
2. (not-comparable) Containing ten parts.

Forms

Deriveds

tenfoldness

Synonyms

denary (containing ten parts) · decuple (ten times as much)

Translations (28)

hu tízszer akkora/annyi (ten times as much or as many) · it decuplo (containing ten parts) · pl dziesięciokrotny (ten times as much or as many) · fi kymmenkertainen (ten times as much or as many) · bg десеторен (ten times as much or as many) · bg десеторен (containing ten parts) · sh десетострук (containing ten parts) · ca dècuple (ten times as much or as many) · te పదింతలు (ten times as much or as many) · cy decplyg (containing ten parts) · hu tízrétű (containing ten parts) · eo dekoble (ten times as much or as many) · cmn 十倍的 (ten times as much or as many) · fi kymmenosainen (containing ten parts) · cy decplyg (ten times as much or as many) · sh desetostruk (containing ten parts) · pl dziesięcioczęściowy (containing ten parts) · fr décuple (ten times as much or as many) · sv tiofaldig (ten times as much or as many) · pt décuplo (ten times as much or as many) · hu tízes (containing ten parts) · hi दसगुना (ten times as much or as many) · cy ar ei ddegfed (ten times as much or as many) · it decuplo (ten times as much or as many) · la decuplus (ten times as much or as many) · hu tízrészes (containing ten parts) · hu tízszeres (ten times as much or as many) · ru десятикратный (ten times as much or as many)

tenfold en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ (General-American)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fold.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) By ten times as much.
   • 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. 1987 August 15, Stephen William Gumpl, “Refusing To Become A Piece”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 4:
   • 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."

Forms

Translations (20)

pl dziesięciokrotnie (by ten times as much) · he עֲשֶׂרֶת מוֹנִים (by ten times as much) · hu tízszeresen (by ten times as much) · bg десеторно (by ten times as much) · sh desetostruko (by ten times as much) · pl dziesięciokroć (by ten times as much) · hu tízszeresére (by ten times as much) · oc desenar (by ten times as much) · ru десятикратно (by ten times as much) · nl vertienvoudigen (by ten times as much) · sh десетоструко (by ten times as much) · cy ar ei ddegfed (by ten times as much) · fr décupler (by ten times as much) · fi kymmenkertaisesti (by ten times as much) · pt decuplar (by ten times as much) · cy yn ddecplyg (by ten times as much) · it decuplicare (by ten times as much) · pt decuplicar (by ten times as much) · hi दसगुना (by ten times as much) · sv tiofalt (by ten times as much)

tenfold en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ (General-American)
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Etymology

From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fold.

Meanings

1. To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.

Forms

Translations (11)

pl zdziesięciokrotniać (increase to ten times as much) · hu megtízszerez (increase to ten times as much) · hu tízszeresére nő (increase to ten times as much) · pl zdziesięciokrotnić (increase to ten times as much) · hu megtízszereződik (increase to ten times as much) · es decuplar (increase to ten times as much) · es decuplicar (increase to ten times as much) · hi दसगुना (increase to ten times as much) · fi kymmenkertaistaa (increase to ten times as much) · ro înzeci (increase to ten times as much) · ca decuplicar (increase to ten times as much)