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five-fold

five-fold is the rare spelling of fivefold.

Meaning of fivefold

Adjective

fivefold (not comparable)

  1. Five times as much or as many.
  2. In a group or series of five; consisting of five together as one; quintuple.
    • [W]e pay twofold adoration to the goddess who grants increase and perfection. ... Fivefold adoration to her who exists in the form of Wisdom.1885, Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 246

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Questions about five-fold

What is five-fold the rare spelling of?
Five-fold is the rare spelling of fivefold.

Words near five-fold in the dictionary

  1. five-finger
  2. five-finger discount
  3. five-finger discounts
  4. five-finger exercise
  5. five-finger exercises
  6. five-fold
  7. five-foot way
  8. five-for
  9. five-fors
  10. five-hole
  11. five-holes

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