[
UK
/θɹˈiːfəʊld/
]
[ US /ˈθɹiˌfoʊɫd/ ]
[ US /ˈθɹiˌfoʊɫd/ ]
ADVERB
-
by a factor of three
our rent increased threefold in the past five years
ADJECTIVE
-
having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence
a double (or dual) role for an actor
every episode has its double and treble meaning -
three times as great or many
a claim for treble (or triple) damages
a threefold increase
How To Use threefold In A Sentence
- This appears to be a reasonable choice for the threefold channel, which is formed by wide vestibules and has only a short neck region.
- That is almost a threefold increase. Times, Sunday Times
- Stock in the FTSE 250 maker of telecoms testing equipment has risen nearly threefold in the space of a year. Times, Sunday Times
- The older travellers were certainly not blasés; they seemed to find pleasure and beauty wherever they looked: Ca da Mosto (1455), visiting the Senegal, detected in this graveolent substance, fit only for wheel-axles, a threefold property, that of smelling like violets, of tasting like oil of olives, and tinging victuals like saffron, with a colour still finer. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
- He also increased the foundation's endowment nearly threefold, to roughly $6 billion.
- Police officers face a crackdown on second jobs after a threefold increase in the numbers taking on extra work in their spare time. Times, Sunday Times
- It was common ground that the foreseeability element of the threefold test was satisfied. Times, Sunday Times
- Visits to Amnesty's US website reportedly increased sixfold, donations threefold and the rate of new memberships twofold.
- Paganism: If you send shit out into the world, it will return to you threefold.
- While I'm on the point, my book consumption has increased threefold.
