eightfold

adjective

eight·​fold ˈāt-ˌfōld How to pronounce eightfold (audio) -ˈfōld How to pronounce eightfold (audio)
1
: having eight units or members
2
: being eight times as great or as many
an eightfold increase
eightfold adverb

Examples of eightfold in a Sentence

There has been an eightfold increase in membership in the past year.
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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 These low rates occurred even though the department has dramatically increased the space, manpower and technology devoted to video analysis, resulting in an eightfold increase in videos downloaded over the past decade. Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024 From 1990 to 2010, Chinese enrollment in higher education rose eightfold, and the number of college graduates exploded from 300,000 to nearly three million per year. Jonathan Gruber, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2019 See all Example Sentences for eightfold 

Word History

First Known Use

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

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The first known use of eightfold was before the 12th century

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“Eightfold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eightfold. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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