sevenfold
part of speech
adjective (sevenfold); adverb (sevenfold)
meaning for a pupil
1) Seven times as big or as many. tree →
2) Having seven parts. tree →
3) (Bible) Seven times over, a lot: «avenged sevenfold». tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths it means multiply by seven: «a sevenfold increase». In the Bible, the number seven is special (complete), and the phrase appears in Genesis. Phrases: «a sevenfold increase», «grew sevenfold».
examples
- The number of visitors grew sevenfold. tree →
- A sevenfold increase from 2 is 14. tree →
- The sevenfold path had seven steps. tree →
- In the Bible, Cain was promised protection sevenfold. tree →
- Prices rose sevenfold in the story. tree →
- Their crop grew sevenfold after the rain. tree →
- But as she mounted the clamour increased sevenfold: high above them all rang the voices of her three brothers. tree →
note
One word. Maths: «sevenfold increase» usually means it becomes 7 times as much (× 7). Same pattern: twofold, threefold, tenfold.
In the corpora
- If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
- And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached Thee, O Lord.
- But if he be found, he must restore sevenfold, he must give all the substance of his house.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sevenfold» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.