"threefold" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-us-threefold.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|threfold}} Middle English threfold, {{inh|en|ang|þrīfeald}} Old English þrīfeald, {{suffix|en|three|fold}} three + -fold Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} threefold (not comparable)
  1. Three times as great. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Three Synonyms (three times as great): thrissome Translations (three times as great): трикратен (trikraten) (Bulgarian), троен (troen) (Bulgarian), trojnásobný (Czech), trífalt (Faroese), kolminkertainen (Finnish), trois fois plus grand (French), triple (French), სამმაგი (sammagi) (Georgian), τριπλός (triplós) (Greek), מְשֻׁלָּשׁ (meshulásh) [masculine] (Hebrew), तिगुना (tigunā) (Hindi), तिगना (tignā) (Hindi), háromszor annyi/akkora (Hungarian), háromszoros (Hungarian), háromrészes (english: having three component parts) (Hungarian), hármas (Hungarian), háromrétű (Hungarian), triplo [masculine] (Italian), triplus (Latin), triplex (Latin), tōtoru (Maori), threfold (Middle English), dreefach (Plautdietsch), trzykrotny (Polish), potrójny (Polish), troisty (Polish), trojaki (Polish), троекра́тный (trojekrátnyj) [masculine] (Russian), тройно́й (trojnój) [masculine] (Russian), triple (Spanish), trefaldig (Swedish), మూడింతలు (mūḍintalu) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-threefold-en-adj-fReP0veW Disambiguation of Three: 27 30 26 13 3 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 11 33 40 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 29 27 28 2 Disambiguation of 'three times as great': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'three times as great': 100 0
  2. Triple. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Three Synonyms (triple): ternary
    Sense id: en-threefold-en-adj-7n7OT~Ku Disambiguation of Three: 27 30 26 13 3 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 11 33 40 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 29 27 28 2 Disambiguation of 'triple': 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: trine, triple, triplicate, threefold, three-fold, 3-fold Hypernyms: manifold Derived forms: thick and threefold, threefold law

Adverb

Audio: En-us-threefold.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|threfold}} Middle English threfold, {{inh|en|ang|þrīfeald}} Old English þrīfeald, {{suffix|en|three|fold}} three + -fold Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} threefold (not comparable)
  1. By a factor of three. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Three Synonyms: thrice, trebly Translations (by a factor of three): trojnásobně (Czech), kolminkertaisesti (Finnish), triplement (French), dreifach (German), háromszorosan (Hungarian), háromszorosára (Hungarian), tripletta [feminine] (Italian), tōtoru (Maori), threfold (Middle English), trzykrotnie (Polish), троекра́тно (trojekrátno) (Russian), три́жды (tríždy) (Russian), por triplicado (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-threefold-en-adv-AykofGZZ Disambiguation of Three: 27 30 26 13 3 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 11 33 40 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 29 27 28 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: three-fold, 3-fold

Noun

Audio: En-us-threefold.ogg [US] Forms: threefolds [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|threfold}} Middle English threfold, {{inh|en|ang|þrīfeald}} Old English þrīfeald, {{suffix|en|three|fold}} three + -fold Head templates: {{en-noun}} threefold (plural threefolds)
  1. (mathematics) An algebraic variety of dimension 3. Categories (topical): Mathematics, Three
    Sense id: en-threefold-en-noun-tvUqZyS3 Disambiguation of Three: 27 30 26 13 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -fold Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 10 20 52 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 14 11 33 40 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 29 27 28 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -fold: 17 22 21 32 7 Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: three-fold, 3-fold

Verb

Audio: En-us-threefold.ogg [US] Forms: threefolds [present, singular, third-person], threefolding [participle, present], threefolded [participle, past], threefolded [past]
Etymology: From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|threfold}} Middle English threfold, {{inh|en|ang|þrīfeald}} Old English þrīfeald, {{suffix|en|three|fold}} three + -fold Head templates: {{en-verb}} threefold (third-person singular simple present threefolds, present participle threefolding, simple past and past participle threefolded)
  1. (transitive) To make threefold; to triple. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-threefold-en-verb-A0axtQSd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: three-fold, 3-fold

Inflected forms

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