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eightfold

eightfold adjective: eight times as much; multiplied by eight.

Adjective

eightfold (not comparable)

  1. Eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
  2. Containing eight parts.
    • The scheme, which Gell-Mann called the eightfold way, grouped mesons and baryons into families.2003, Richard Morris, The Last Sorcerers, page 213

Adverb

eightfold (not comparable)

  1. By a factor of eight.

eightfold meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

eightfold in Hindi

eightfold, octuply
आठगुना āṭhgunā

eightfold in Tamil

என்வகுப்பான, எட்டு மடங்கான

eightfold in Bengali

আট গুণ বেশি, আট দিয়ে গুণিত, আটটি অংশ বিশিষ্ট

eightfold in Telugu

eight times as much
ఎనిమిదింతలు enimidintalu
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eightfold in Sanskrit
अष्टधा aṣṭadhā́

Origin of eightfold

From Middle English [Term?], from Old English eahtafeald. Equivalent to eight + -fold.

Words formed from eightfold

Questions about eightfold

What does eightfold mean?
Eightfold means eight times as much; multiplied by eight.
What is eightfold in Hindi?
Eightfold in Hindi is आठगुना (āṭhgunā). See Eightfold meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is eightfold?
Eightfold can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near eightfold in the dictionary

  1. eighteenthly
  2. eighteenths
  3. eighter from Decatur
  4. eightfoil
  5. eightfoils
  6. eightfold
  7. eightfold path
  8. eightfold way
  9. eightfoldness
  10. eighth
  11. eighth cranial nerve

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eightfold (page history and authors); आठगुना (Hindi) (page history and authors); eightfold (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); eightfold (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अष्टधा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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