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[ US /ˈtuˈfoʊɫd/ ]
[ UK /tˈuːfə‍ʊld/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. twice as great or many
    the dose is doubled
    ate a double portion
    a twofold increase
  2. 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
ADVERB
  1. by a factor of two
    the price increased twofold last year

How To Use twofold In A Sentence

  • The Chorus mentions that Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus are very similar to each other, ‘twin throned, twin sceptered, in twofold power.’
  • Their aim is twofold: to increase productivity and to improve morale by giving employees a feeling of participation in and identification with the company. A Conceptual View of Human Resource Management: Strategic Objectives, Environments, Functions
  • The deaths in Cianjur, according to him, represent a twofold increase from previous years and so the health ministry has declared it an extraordinary incidence.
  • This process is commonly manifested in chromosomal monosomics in which the most common effect is an approximate twofold increase of target gene expression throughout the genome.
  • The aim is twofold and according to senior commanders it can be realised: the toppling of the leader and the steady elimination of the terrorists.
  • The most effective way of ensuring that Greece retains the currency peg is twofold. Times, Sunday Times
  • the price increased twofold last year
  • There was a more than twofold increase in survival among recipients of combination antibiotic therapy as compared with that for recipients of monotherapy regimens.
  • a twofold increase
  • Visits to Amnesty's US website reportedly increased sixfold, donations threefold and the rate of new memberships twofold.
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