manifold
Syllables: man·i·foldUK/ˈmænɪˌfəʊld//ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/
manifold adjective: various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
Adjective
manifold (comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)
- Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
- The manifold meanings of the English word set are infamous among lexicographers.
- [E]ch man as he receyuede grace, mynistringe ‘it in to ech other, as goode dispenderes of the manyfolde grace of God.c. 1382–1395, John Wycliffe [et al.], edited by Josiah Forshall and Frederic Madden, The Holy Bible, […], volume IV (in Middle English), Oxford: At the University Press, published 1850, →OCLC, I....
- Synonyms:
- diverse
- Many in number; numerous.
- And although we be vnworthy (through our manyfolde ſynnes) to offre vnto thee any Sacryfice: Yet we beſeche thee to accepte thys our bounden duetie and ſeruice: and commande theſe our prayers and ſupplicacions, by the Miniſtery of thy holy Angels, to be brought vp into thy holy Tabernacle before...1549 March 7, Thomas Cranmer [et al.], compilers, “The Supper of the Lorde, and the Holy Communion, Commonly Called the Masse”, in The Booke of the Common Prayer and Administration of the...
- Synonyms:
- multiple
- Complicated.
Adverb
manifold (comparative more manifold, superlative most manifold)
- Many times; repeatedly.
- when his daughter deare he does behold, / Her dearely doth imbrace, and kisseth manifold.1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, book 1, canto 12
- It was found necessary to clear the entire piers from the mass of onlookers, or else the fatalities of the night would have been increased manifold.1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula
- Synonyms:
- manyfold, frequently, ofttimes
Noun
manifold (plural manifolds)
- A copy made by the manifold writing process.
- A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.
- The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
- My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds, the seat of difficulty.1830, Anson, Somerset Co. Me., retrieved 12 Jun 2007
- A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ.
- A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object
Verb
manifold (third-person singular simple present manifolds, present participle manifolding, simple past and past participle manifolded)
Proper noun capitalized: Manifold
Manifold (countable and uncountable, plural Manifolds)
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A river in Staffordshire, England, a tributary of the River Dove; in full, the River Manifold.
manifold meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
manifold in Hindi
- मैनिफोल्ड
manifold in Tamil
- பலவிதமான, பலமடங்கு, பலநகல்கள் கொண்ட, பல்பயன்கள் கொண்ட, பன்மடிவெளி, இணைகுழல்
manifold in Urdu
- بھانت بھانت کا, چند در چند, کئی گنا, کئی طرح کا, رنگا رنگ
manifold in Bengali
- manifold; innumerable
- শত śôtô
- manifold
- শতরকম śotrokom
More languagesFewer languages
- manifold in Malayalam
- അനേകമായ, വളരെ, പല, നാനാ
- manifold in Kannada
- ತಲೆನಳಿಕೆ, ಕವಲುನಳಿಕೆ, ಅನೇಕ ಪ್ರತಿಗಳನ್ನು ತೆಗೆ, ಅನೇಕ ಪ್ರತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡು
- manifold in Punjabi
- ਮੈਨੀਫੋਲਡ
- manifold in Sanskrit
- विचित्र vicitra, बहल bahala
- manifold in Tagalog
- damihan
- manifold in Arabic
- مُتَنَوِّع mutanawwiʕ
- manifold in Vietnamese
- đa tạp
Examples of manifold in a sentence
- I’ve broken the exhaust manifold gasket. - You’ve broken the what?
- The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.
- In engines with carburetors, the air-fuel mixture containing the atomized fuel is drawn into the intake manifold by the manifold vacuum.
Synonyms of manifold
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Antonyms
Forms of manifold
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more manifold |
| superlative | most manifold |
| alternative form | manyfold |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more manifold |
| superlative | most manifold |
| Noun | |
| plural | manifolds |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | manifolds |
| present participle | manifolding |
| past participle | manifolded |
| past | manifolded |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Manifolds |
Origin of manifold
From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”).
From Middle English manifolden, from Old English maniġfealdan (“to multiply, abound, increase, extend, reward”), equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalten, Icelandic margfalda (“to multiply”), Swedish mångfaldiga (“to manifold, reproduce”).
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Words formed from manifold
- Manifold Heights
- manifolder
- manifoldly
- manifoldness
- blackfold
- Calabi-Yau manifold
- chain of manifolds
- conifold
- continuous manifoldness
- discontinuous manifoldness
- inlet manifold
- intake manifold
- manifold writer
- manifold writing
- maniverter
- micromanifold
- neuromanifold
- nilmanifold
- non-manifold
- nonmanifold
- orbifold
- pseudomanifold
- solvmanifold
- supermanifold
Phrases with manifold
Questions about manifold
- What does manifold mean?
- Manifold means various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
- What is manifold in Hindi?
- Manifold in Hindi is मैनिफोल्ड. See Manifold meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is manifold?
- Manifold can be an adjective, an adverb, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce manifold?
- Manifold is pronounced /ˈmænɪˌfoʊld/ (US).
Words near manifold in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: manifold (page history and authors); Manifold (page history and authors); manifold (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); manifold (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); manifold (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); শত (Bengali) (page history and authors); manifold (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); manifold (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); manifold (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); बहल (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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