Threefold
['θriːfəʊld] or ['θrifold]
Definition
(adv.) by a factor of three; 'our rent increased threefold in the past five years'.
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Definition
(a.) Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.
Edited by Bertram
Examples
- For the old Popular Assembly (in its threefold form) it would have been possible to have substituted a gathering of delegates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Similarly, if the pressure is increased threefold, the volume will be reduced to one third of the original volume. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The educational implications of this doctrine are threefold. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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