Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Seven times as much or often; in the proportion of seven to one.
- In seven coils or folds.
- Having seven plies, folds, or thicknesses.
- Repeated seven times; multiplied seven times; increased to seven times the size or amount.
- Consisting of seven; having seven parts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Repeated seven times; having seven thicknesses; increased to seven times the size or amount.
- adverb Seven times as much or as often.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Seven times as much; multiplied by seven.
- adjective Having seven parts.
- adverb By a factor of seven.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having seven units or components
- adjective having seven units or components
- adverb seven times
Etymologies
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Examples
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Winthrop looked at him, as if to see whether he were cased in sevenfold learning.
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Still, the fact that Amazon ended the Christmas selling season with an inventory of $221 million, up "sevenfold" (according to Mr. Hansell) from the prior year suggests that whatever is rotten is not limited to the state of Denmark.
Ford Puts a PC in Every Pot-That's More Browsers for Bezos 2000
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Ps.lxxix. 11, 12 is about to be rewarded "sevenfold," in answer to the prayers which had been offered.
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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[337] As Nin-Girau, Tammuz was associated with "sevenfold" Orion.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Donald Alexander Mackenzie 1904
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Retractions related to fraud showed a more than sevenfold increase between 2004 and 2009, exceeding the twofold rise in retractions related to mere error, according to an analysis published in the Journal of Medical Ethics.
Mistakes in Scientific Studies Surge Gautam Naik 2011
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FRANKFURT— Volkswagen AG's 2010 profit surged sevenfold as booming demand in China fueled a powerful rebound after a steep market downturn.
VW Profit Soars on Chinese Demand Christoph Rauwald 2011
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Spirit of life and love and power, and dost his sevenfold graces shower upon us all.
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Nineteen years later and that record has only increased sevenfold, with Craig Gordon's £9m move to Sunderland in 2007.
Managers believe strikers are worth their weight in gold, I'm not so sure | David James 2011
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The year-to-year inflation rate for bread and cereals has risen sevenfold in the last six months, to 2.1%, for example.
Europe's Drought Risks Inflation Deluge Andrew Peaple 2011
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Its order book has climbed more than sevenfold in that time, and at the end of last year stood at £ 58.3 billion.
Rolls-Royce Taps Ahold Head as New CEO Jonathan Buck 2010
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