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US
/ˈtuˈfoʊɫd/
]
[ UK /tˈuːfəʊld/ ]
[ UK /tˈuːfəʊld/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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twice as great or many
the dose is doubled
ate a double portion
a twofold increase -
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
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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.