fourfold
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fourfold
- /ˈfɔːfəʊld/ UK
- /ˈfɔɹ.foʊld/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs).
adjective four-fold
- Four times as great; quadruple.
- Comprised of four individual members. Most pupils have a fourfold object in studying a language; they wish to be able to read and write, to speak and to understand it.
Similar: quadruple, quadruplicate
adverb four-fold
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By a factor of four.
And he shall restore the Lambe fourefold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pittie.
Similar: quadruply
verb fourfolds · fourfolding · fourfolded · four-fold
- To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four.
Similar: quadruple, quadruplicate
noun fourfolds · four-fold
- An algebraic variety of degree 4. Our main application is to the classification of Poisson brackets on Fano fourfolds.
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adjective
Similar: quadruple, quadruplicate
verb
Similar: quadruple, quadruplicate
Translations
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adj four times as great
| हिन्दी | चौगुना caugunā, चौहरा cauhrā, चतुर्गुण caturguṇ |
|---|---|
| Русский | четырёхкра́тный četyrjoxkrátnyj |
adv by a factor of four
| हिन्दी | चहुरा cahurā, चौघरा caughrā, पाव pāv, चौगुना caugunā |
|---|---|
| Русский | четы́режды četýreždy, вче́тверо včétvero |
verb increase to four times as much
| Español | cuadruplicar |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | चौगुना करना caugunā karnā |
| Português | quadruplicar |
| Français | quadrupler |
| Deutsch | vervierfachen, vierfachen |
| Italiano | quadruplicare |
| Русский | учетверя́ть učetverjátʹ, учетвери́ть učetverítʹ |
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