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fifteenfold

fifteenfold adjective: by a factor of fifteen.

Adjective

fifteenfold (not comparable)

  1. By a factor of fifteen.
    • Rodobens, a provincial firm specializing in the lower-middle income bracket, has plans to build 10,000 homes a year over the next four years, a fifteenfold rise on its previous annual total.2007 July 5, Andrew Downie, “Loan Changes in Brazil Motivate New Buyers and Home Building”, in New York Times

Adverb

fifteenfold (not comparable)

  1. By a factor of fifteen.

Origin of fifteenfold

From fifteen + -fold.

Questions about fifteenfold

What does fifteenfold mean?
Fifteenfold means by a factor of fifteen.
What part of speech is fifteenfold?
Fifteenfold can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near fifteenfold in the dictionary

  1. fifteen minutes
  2. fifteen minutes of fame
  3. fifteen-minute city
  4. fifteener
  5. fifteeners
  6. fifteenfold
  7. fifteening
  8. fifteenish
  9. fifteenness
  10. fifteenpence
  11. fifteenpenny

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