thousandfold
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thousandfold
- /ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/ UK
- /ˈθaʊzəndfoʊld/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English thousendfold, from Old English þūsendfeald, from Proto-Germanic *þūsundīfalþaz, corresponding to thousand + -fold. Cognate with Dutch duizendvoud, duizendvoudig, German tausendfältig, Danish tusindfold, Swedish tusendfalt, tusendfaltig, Icelandic þúsundfalt.
adjective
- 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.
- 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.
adverb
- By a factor of a thousand.
Translations
Every language
adj Repeated a thousand times
| Français | milluple |
|---|---|
| Italiano | millecuplo |
| Русский | тысячекра́тный tysjačekrátnyj |
adv By a factor of a thousand
| Français | milluplement |
|---|---|
| Русский | тысячекра́тно tysjačekrátno |
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