tenfold
/ˈtɛnfoʊld/
tenfold adjective: ten times as much or as many.
Adjective
tenfold (not comparable)
- 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
- Some 460,000 Americans are behind bars for drug offenses--a tenfold increase over 1980.2001 May 7, Margot Roosevelt et al., “The War Against The War On Drugs”, in TIME, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2012
- Synonyms:
- decuple
- Containing ten parts.
- Synonyms:
- denary
Adverb
tenfold (not comparable)
- By ten times as much.
- 1896, William Allen Sylvester, Modern Carpentry and Building, page 142, "But, since we have increased the original value of 26 tenfold its original value, we must increase the original result tenfold : ten times 2 equal 20, the required answer."
- I am here [in prison] for committing a crime, yet I see the state officials commit crimes that are ten fold worse and they do it without ramifications.1987 August 15, Stephen William Gumpl, “Refusing To Become A Piece”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 4
Verb
tenfold (third-person singular simple present tenfolds, present participle tenfolding, simple past and past participle tenfolded)
tenfold meaning in Hindi and Telugu
tenfold in Hindi
- ten times as much or as many
- दसगुना dasgunā
- by ten times as much
- दसगुना dasgunā
- increase to ten times as much
- दसगुना dasgunā
tenfold in Telugu
- ten times as much or as many
- పదింతలు padintalu
Synonyms of tenfold
Forms of tenfold
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | ten-fold |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tenfolds |
| present participle | tenfolding |
| past participle | tenfolded |
| past | tenfolded |
Origin of tenfold
From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fold.
Words formed from tenfold
Questions about tenfold
- What does tenfold mean?
- Tenfold means ten times as much or as many.
- What is tenfold in Hindi?
- Tenfold in Hindi is दसगुना (dasgunā). See Tenfold meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is tenfold?
- Tenfold can be an adjective, an adverb or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tenfold?
- Tenfold is pronounced /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ (US).
Words near tenfold in the dictionary
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