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thousandfolds

thousandfolds is the plural of thousandfold.

Meaning of thousandfold

Adjective

thousandfold (not comparable)

  1. Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
    • The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.
  2. Having one thousand parts or members.
    • Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life.1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Knights and Squires”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 125

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Questions about thousandfolds

What is thousandfolds the plural of?
Thousandfolds is the plural of thousandfold.

Words near thousandfolds in the dictionary

  1. thousandairesses
  2. thousander
  3. thousanders
  4. thousandfold
  5. thousandfoldly
  6. thousandfolds
  7. thousandish
  8. thousands
  9. thousandsome
  10. thousandth
  11. thousandths

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