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tenfold

  • /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ US

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From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fold.

adjective ten-fold

  1. 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.

    Similar: decuple

  2. not comparable Containing ten parts.

    Similar: denary

adverb ten-fold

  1. 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."

verb tenfolds · tenfolding · tenfolded · ten-fold

  1. To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.

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adj ten times as much or as many

中文十倍的 shí bèi de
हिन्दीदसगुना dasgunā
Portuguêsdécuplo
Françaisdécuple
Italianodecuplo
Русскийдесятикратный desjatikratnyj

adj containing ten parts

Italianodecuplo

adv by ten times as much

हिन्दीदसगुना dasgunā
Portuguêsdecuplicar, decuplar
Françaisdécupler
Italianodecuplicare
Русскийдесятикратно desjatikratno
עבריתעֲשֶׂרֶת מוֹנִים 'aséret moním

verb increase to ten times as much

Españoldecuplicar, decuplar
हिन्दीदसगुना dasgunā
Românăînzeci

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@misc{tenfold_2026,
  title = {tenfold},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tenfold},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}