"fourfold" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fourfold}} Middle English fourfold, {{m|enm|fourefold}} fourefold, {{inh|en|ang|fēowerfeald}} Old English fēowerfeald, {{suffix|en|four|fold}} four + -fold, {{cog|nl|viervoud}} Dutch viervoud, {{cog|got|𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃}} Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} fourfold (not comparable)
  1. Four times as great; quadruple. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Four Translations (four times as great): четворен (četvoren) (Bulgarian), čtyřnásobný (Czech), viervoudig (Dutch), nelinkertainen (Finnish), catro veces (Galician), cuádruple (Galician), 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs) (Gothic), चहुरा (cahurā) [masculine] (Hindi), चौघरा (caughrā) [masculine] (Hindi), पाव (pāv) [masculine] (Hindi), चौगुना (caugunā) (Hindi), négyszer annyi/akkora (Hungarian), négyszeres (Hungarian), quadruplus (Latin), quadruplex (Latin), feafach (Plautdietsch), makaapat (Tagalog), నాలుగింతలు (nālugintalu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-fourfold-en-adj-IPFsHTGn Disambiguation of Four: 29 18 23 16 14 Disambiguation of 'four times as great': 97 3
  2. Comprised of four individual members. Tags: not-comparable Translations (comprised of four individual members): vierledig (Dutch), vierdelig (Dutch), चौघरा (caughrā) (Hindi), चहुरा (cahurā) (Hindi), पाव (pāv) (Hindi), négyrészes (Hungarian), négyes (Hungarian), négyrétű (Hungarian), fyrfaldig (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fourfold-en-adj-mKBMTLpF Disambiguation of 'comprised of four individual members': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quadruple, quadruplicate, four-fold

Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fourfold}} Middle English fourfold, {{m|enm|fourefold}} fourefold, {{inh|en|ang|fēowerfeald}} Old English fēowerfeald, {{suffix|en|four|fold}} four + -fold, {{cog|nl|viervoud}} Dutch viervoud, {{cog|got|𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃}} Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} fourfold (not comparable)
  1. By a factor of four. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: quadruply, four times Translations (by a factor of four): четирикратно (četirikratno) (Bulgarian), четворно (četvorno) (Bulgarian), čtyřnásobně (Czech), nelinkertaisesti (Finnish), चहुरा (cahurā) [masculine] (Hindi), चौघरा (caughrā) [masculine] (Hindi), पाव (pāv) [masculine] (Hindi), चौगुना (caugunā) (Hindi), négyszeresen (Hungarian), négyszeresére (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-fourfold-en-adv-14GT4avQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: four-fold

Noun

Forms: fourfolds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fourfold}} Middle English fourfold, {{m|enm|fourefold}} fourefold, {{inh|en|ang|fēowerfeald}} Old English fēowerfeald, {{suffix|en|four|fold}} four + -fold, {{cog|nl|viervoud}} Dutch viervoud, {{cog|got|𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃}} Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs) Head templates: {{en-noun}} fourfold (plural fourfolds)
  1. (mathematics) An algebraic variety of degree 4. Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-fourfold-en-noun-iANTizwT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -fold Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 25 0 53 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 22 2 44 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -fold: 14 23 0 50 13 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: four-fold

Verb

Forms: fourfolds [present, singular, third-person], fourfolding [participle, present], fourfolded [participle, past], fourfolded [past]
Etymology: From Middle English fourfold, fourefold, from Old English fēowerfeald. Equivalent to four + -fold. Cognate with Dutch viervoud, Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fourfold}} Middle English fourfold, {{m|enm|fourefold}} fourefold, {{inh|en|ang|fēowerfeald}} Old English fēowerfeald, {{suffix|en|four|fold}} four + -fold, {{cog|nl|viervoud}} Dutch viervoud, {{cog|got|𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃}} Gothic 𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃 (fidurfalþs) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fourfold (third-person singular simple present fourfolds, present participle fourfolding, simple past and past participle fourfolded)
  1. To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four. Translations: quadruplicar (Catalan), verviervoudigen (Dutch), nelinkertaistaa (Finnish), quadrupler (French), vervierfachen (German), vierfachen (German), चौगुना करना (caugunā karnā) (Hindi), quadruplicare (Italian), quadruplicar (Portuguese), учетверять (učetverjatʹ) (Russian), cuadruplicar (Spanish), fyrdubbla (Swedish), fyrfaldiga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fourfold-en-verb-PxHS5oeB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: quadruple, quadruplicate, four-fold

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "word": "verviervoudigen"
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          "word": "vervierfachen"
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          "word": "vierfachen"
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          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "caugunā karnā",
          "word": "चौगुना करना"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "word": "quadruplicare"
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "word": "quadruplicar"
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          "ref": "2015, Brent Pym, “Elliptic singularities on log symplectic manifolds and Feigin--Odesskii Poisson brackets”, in arXiv",
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      "word": "quadruple"
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    {
      "word": "quadruplicate"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "četvoren",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "четворен"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "čtyřnásobný"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "viervoudig"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "nelinkertainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "catro veces"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "cuádruple"
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      "roman": "fidurfalþs",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "four times as great",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "चहुरा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "caughrā",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "चौघरा"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pāv",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "पाव"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "caugunā",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "चौगुना"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "négyszer annyi/akkora"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "négyszeres"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "quadruplus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "quadruplex"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "feafach"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "makaapat"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nālugintalu",
      "sense": "four times as great",
      "word": "నాలుగింతలు"
    },
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      "word": "vierledig"
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      "word": "vierdelig"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "caughrā",
      "sense": "comprised of four individual members",
      "word": "चौघरा"
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      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "word": "चहुरा"
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      "sense": "comprised of four individual members",
      "word": "पाव"
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      "sense": "comprised of four individual members",
      "word": "négyrészes"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "comprised of four individual members",
      "word": "négyes"
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      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "args": {
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      "word": "quadruply"
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      "word": "four times"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "četirikratno",
      "sense": "by a factor of four",
      "word": "четирикратно"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "četvorno",
      "sense": "by a factor of four",
      "word": "четворно"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "by a factor of four",
      "word": "čtyřnásobně"
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      "sense": "by a factor of four",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Hindi",
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      "sense": "by a factor of four",
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      "word": "पाव"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "caugunā",
      "sense": "by a factor of four",
      "word": "चौगुना"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "by a factor of four",
      "word": "négyszeresen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "by a factor of four",
      "word": "négyszeresére"
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      "glosses": [
        "To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "multiply",
          "multiply"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "quadruple"
    },
    {
      "word": "quadruplicate"
    },
    {
      "word": "four-fold"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "word": "quadruplicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "word": "verviervoudigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "word": "nelinkertaistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "word": "quadrupler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "vervierfachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "word": "vierfachen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "caugunā karnā",
      "word": "चौगुना करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "word": "quadruplicare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "word": "quadruplicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "učetverjatʹ",
      "word": "учетверять"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "word": "cuadruplicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "word": "fyrdubbla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "word": "fyrfaldiga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fourfold"
}

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      "args": {
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        "2": "viervoud"
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        "2": "𐍆𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍂𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃"
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          "ref": "2015, Brent Pym, “Elliptic singularities on log symplectic manifolds and Feigin--Odesskii Poisson brackets”, in arXiv",
          "text": "Our main application is to the classification of Poisson brackets on Fano fourfolds.",
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        "An algebraic variety of degree 4."
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    {
      "word": "four-fold"
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