eightfold

adjective

eight·​fold ˈāt-ˌfōld  -ˈfōld 

1

: having eight units or members

2

: being eight times as great or as many

an eightfold increase

eightfold

ˈāt-ˈfōld 

adverb

Examples of eightfold in a Sentence

There has been an eightfold increase in membership in the past year.

Recent Examples on the Web

On a collective tariff basis, Texas, which went for President Trump in the 2024 election, will see an eightfold jump in tariffs paid by businesses. —Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2025

So under the best circumstances, eight pairs could increase data rates roughly eightfold. —IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2013

Meanwhile, debt has ballooned eightfold and is on pace to total 335 percent of GDP by the end of 2020. —Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2020

In that time, the Haitian immigrant population in Indiana increased eightfold, to 12,465; almost fourfold in North Carolina, to 7,752; more than doubled in Texas, to 7,010; more than tripled in Ohio, to 5,264; more than doubled in Virginia, to 6,342; and nearly fivefold in South Carolina, to 2,569. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing eightfold

• eightfold way

Rhymes for eightfold

• ahold
• behold
• billfold
• blindfold
• cajoled
• consoled
• controlled
• cotswold
• enfold
• enrolled
• extolled
• fivefold