threefold
threefold adjective: three times as great.
Adjective
threefold (not comparable)
- Three times as great.
- "We recognise that electrifying more of the railway is likely to be necessary to deliver decarbonisation," it stated.
There's clearly a growing momentum in that direction, but some significant hurdles have still to be overcome - not least the legacy of the three-fold increase in cost on the Great...2020 May 20, Andrew Haines talks to Stefanie Foster, “Repurpose rail for the 2020s”, in Rail, page 33
- Synonyms:
- thrissome
- "We recognise that electrifying more of the railway is likely to be necessary to deliver decarbonisation," it stated.
- Triple.
- Synonyms:
- ternary
Adverb
threefold (not comparable)
- By a factor of three.
Noun
threefold (plural threefolds)
- An algebraic variety of dimension 3.
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Verb
threefold (third-person singular simple present threefolds, present participle threefolding, simple past and past participle threefolded)
- To make threefold; to triple.
threefold meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
threefold in Hindi
- three times as great
- तिगुना tigunā, तिगना tignā
threefold in Tamil
- மூன்று மடங்கு, மும்மடங்கு, மூன்று பகுதிகள் உள்ள
threefold in Marathi
- three times as great
- तिप्पट tippaṭ, तिनपट tinpaṭ
- triple
- तिप्पट tippaṭ, तिनपट tinpaṭ
threefold in Urdu
- threefold, triple, thrice
- تگنا tignā
More languagesFewer languages
- threefold in Telugu
- మూడింతలు mūḍintalu
- threefold in Punjabi
- ਤਿਹਰਾ tihrā
Examples of threefold in a sentence
- This valuability resides in the threefold relevance of the transactional interests of the involved individuals.
- The Babylonian race will hold the Roman state in its power for a threefold cycle hebdomad of years.
- They foster masculine domination in a threefold manner by bringing men together, keeping men together, and putting women down.
Synonyms of threefold
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Forms of threefold
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | three-fold |
| alternative form | 3-fold |
| Noun | |
| plural | threefolds |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | threefolds |
| present participle | threefolding |
| past participle | threefolded |
| past | threefolded |
Origin of threefold
From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.
Words formed from threefold
Phrases with threefold
Questions about threefold
- What does threefold mean?
- Threefold means three times as great.
- What is threefold in Hindi?
- Threefold in Hindi is तिगुना (tigunā), तिगना (tignā). See Threefold meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is threefold?
- Threefold can be an adjective, an adverb, a noun or a verb.
Words near threefold in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: threefold (page history and authors); threefold (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تگنا (Urdu) (page history and authors); ਤਿਹਰਾ (Punjabi) (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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