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ten-fold

ten-fold is the alternative form of tenfold.

Meaning of tenfold

Adjective

tenfold (not comparable)

  1. Ten times as much or as many.
    • [F]ull of death, and fierce vvith tenfold froſt, / The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, / Falls horrible.a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 198, lines 923–925
    Synonyms:
    decuple
  2. Containing ten parts.
    Synonyms:
    denary

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What is ten-fold the alternative form of?
Ten-fold is the alternative form of tenfold.

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