fourfold

«fourfold» in Mova's school dictionary: Four times as much or as many — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (fourfold); adverb (fourfold)

meaning for a pupil

1) Four times as much or as many. tree →

2) Having four parts or four kinds. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths it means multiply by 4: «a fourfold increase» from 10 gives 40. In science and news it describes how much something has grown. Phrases: a fourfold increase, rise fourfold, fourfold symmetry.

examples

• The number of birds in the park has risen fourfold. tree →
• A fourfold increase from 5 is 20. tree →
• The price of tickets went up fourfold. tree →
• The plan had a fourfold aim: learn, play, share and grow. tree →
• A square has fourfold symmetry; it looks the same after each quarter turn. tree →
• Sales of ice cream grew fourfold on the hot day. tree →

note

Similar words: twofold, threefold, tenfold. In maths, «a fourfold increase» usually means the new amount is 4 times the old one (×4), not «old + 4 times». Be careful in word problems.

In the corpora

• and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fourfold» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.