"tenfold" meaning in English

See tenfold in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald. Equivalent to ten + -fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tenfold}} Middle English tenfold, {{inh|en|ang|tīenfeald}} Old English tīenfeald, {{suffix|en|ten|fold}} ten + -fold Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tenfold (not comparable)
  1. Ten times as much or as many. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Ten Synonyms (ten times as much): decuple Translations (ten times as much or as many): десеторен (desetoren) (Bulgarian), 十倍的 (shí bèi de) (Chinese Mandarin), dekoble (Esperanto), kymmenkertainen (Finnish), décuple (French), दसगुना (dasgunā) (Hindi), दहचंद (dahcand) (Hindi), tízszeres (Hungarian), tízszer akkora/annyi (Hungarian), decuplo (Italian), decuplus (Latin), dziesięciokrotny (Polish), décuplo (Portuguese), десятикратный (desjatikratnyj) (Russian), tiofaldig (Swedish), పదింతలు (padintalu) (Telugu), decplyg (Welsh), ar ei ddegfed (Welsh)
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  2. Containing ten parts. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms (containing ten parts): denary Translations (containing ten parts): десеторен (desetoren) (Bulgarian), kymmenosainen (Finnish), tízrészes (Hungarian), tízes (Hungarian), tízrétű (Hungarian), decuplo (Italian), dziesięcioczęściowy (Polish), десетострук [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), desetostruk [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), decplyg (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tenfold-en-adj-I9oexlVB Disambiguation of 'containing ten parts': 4 96 Disambiguation of 'containing ten parts': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ten-fold

Adverb

Etymology: From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald. Equivalent to ten + -fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tenfold}} Middle English tenfold, {{inh|en|ang|tīenfeald}} Old English tīenfeald, {{suffix|en|ten|fold}} ten + -fold Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} tenfold (not comparable)
  1. By ten times as much. Tags: not-comparable Translations (by ten times as much): десеторно (desetorno) (Bulgarian), vertienvoudigen (Dutch), kymmenkertaisesti (Finnish), décupler (French), עֲשֶׂרֶת מוֹנִים ('aséret moním) (Hebrew), दसगुना (dasgunā) (Hindi), दहचंद (dahcand) (Hindi), tízszeresen (Hungarian), tízszeresére (Hungarian), decuplicare (Italian), desenar (Occitan), dziesięciokrotnie (Polish), dziesięciokroć (Polish), decuplicar (Portuguese), decuplar (Portuguese), десятикратно (desjatikratno) (Russian), десетоструко [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), desetostruko [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), tiofalt (Swedish), yn ddecplyg (Welsh), ar ei ddegfed (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tenfold-en-adv-qzV8iLcv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ten-fold

Verb

Forms: tenfolds [present, singular, third-person], tenfolding [participle, present], tenfolded [participle, past], tenfolded [past]
Etymology: From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald. Equivalent to ten + -fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tenfold}} Middle English tenfold, {{inh|en|ang|tīenfeald}} Old English tīenfeald, {{suffix|en|ten|fold}} ten + -fold Head templates: {{en-verb}} tenfold (third-person singular simple present tenfolds, present participle tenfolding, simple past and past participle tenfolded)
  1. To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten. Translations (increase to ten times as much): decuplicar (Catalan), kymmenkertaistaa (Finnish), दसगुना (dasgunā) (Hindi), दहचंद (dahcand) (Hindi), megtízszerez [transitive] (Hungarian), megtízszereződik [intransitive] (Hungarian), tízszeresére nő (Hungarian), zdziesięciokrotnić [perfective] (Polish), zdziesięciokrotniać [imperfective] (Polish), înzeci (Romanian), decuplicar (Spanish), decuplar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tenfold-en-verb-AtBIgloe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ten-fold

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 198, lines 923–925:",
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      "expansion": "tenfold (third-person singular simple present tenfolds, present participle tenfolding, simple past and past participle tenfolded)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "multiply",
          "multiply"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ten-fold"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "word": "decuplicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "word": "kymmenkertaistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dasgunā",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "word": "दसगुना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dahcand",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "word": "दहचंद"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "word": "megtízszerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "word": "megtízszereződik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "word": "tízszeresére nő"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdziesięciokrotnić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zdziesięciokrotniać"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "word": "înzeci"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "word": "decuplicar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "increase to ten times as much",
      "word": "decuplar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tenfold"
}

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