Tenfold
['tenfəʊld]
Definition
(adj.) containing ten or ten parts .
(adv.) by ten times as much; 'the population increased tenfold'.
Edited by Elvis--From WordNet
Definition
(a. & adv.) In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.
Edited by Bridget
Definition
adj. ten times folded: ten times more.
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Examples
- You will drive him to desperation, she said, and increase our dangers tenfold. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Then the Western Union came out with Edison’s new telephone transmitter, which increased the value of the telephone tenfold, and which in fact made it almost a new instrument. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I came out, my morals unimproved, my hatred to my oppressors encreased tenfold. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They could not place reliance on them, but turned with tenfold dependence to the succour and advice of their equals. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I was guided by your advice in those past days, I said, and now, Marian, with reliance tenfold greater I will be guided by it again. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The next day was the day we came back to London--the day when my resolution returned to me with tenfold strength. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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