sixfold

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sixfold

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From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.

adjective

  1. not comparable Having six times as much or as many.
  2. not comparable Having six component parts. The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are.

adverb

  1. not comparable Times six, multiplied by six. I will return your investment sixfold. That's right, you'll have 600% of what you started with. 1885, Alexander Campbell, Speeches on Divers Occasions, page 101, "[He] would state that in [1842, there were] 3,448 letters ... received, and in 1865 [that total was] 18,222, or nearly sixfold more.

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adj having six component parts

Русскийшестикра́тный šestikrátnyj
العربيةسُدَاسِيّ sudāsiyy

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@misc{sixfold_2026,
  title = {sixfold},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sixfold},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}