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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Consisting of three in one, or one thrice repeated; multiplied by three; triple: as, threefold justice.
  • noun The bog-bean, Menyanthes trifoliata.
  • In a threefold manner; trebly; thrice: often used in an intensive way, with the sense of ‘much’ or ‘greatly.’

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective three times as great
  • adjective triple
  • adverb by a factor of three

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective three times as great or many
  • adjective having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
  • adverb by a factor of three
  • adjective three times as great or many
  • adjective having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

Etymologies

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Old English þreofald

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Examples

  • In China, eBay EachNet added 2.3 million new users, more than any market outside the United States, to reach a total of 20.3 million users. eBay India surpassed the 2 million user mark and listings jumped threefold from the year-ago quarter.

    Archive 2006-04-01 Ben Barren 2006

  • In China, eBay EachNet added 2.3 million new users, more than any market outside the United States, to reach a total of 20.3 million users. eBay India surpassed the 2 million user mark and listings jumped threefold from the year-ago quarter.

    42% of Google Revenue International Ben Barren 2006

  • The tripod stand should be of the so-called threefold variety, with sliding legs which can be adapted to broken ground.

    How to Observe in Archaeology Various

  • Then He has shown us what we shall see, that is, the threefold coming.

    The Adornment of the Spritual Marriage 1293-1381 1916

  • This preparation of the subject, which raises him up to the revealed object and tunes him to it, is for the individual person the disposition we could call the threefold unity of faith, hope, and love, a disposition that must already be present at least in an inchoative way in the very first genuine encounter.

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog 2009

  • The burs were ripe, and had just begun to divide, not "threefold," but fourfold, "to show the fruit within."

    Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

  • The burrs were ripe, and had just begun to divide, not "threefold," but fourfold, "to show the fruit within."

    The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton John Burroughs 1879

  • "The _willow_ accommodates the bees in a kind of threefold succession; from the flowers they obtain both honey and farina; -- from the bark propolis; -- and the leaves frequently afford them honey-dew at a time when other resources are beginning to fail."

    Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual 1852

  • EDCCC chair Euodias Goza said he is hopeful that the job creation will "trickle down" throughout the county for a "threefold" benefit for Scroll and the county's retail and tourism industry.

    Arkadelphia Siftings Herald Homepage RSS Joe Phelps 2010

  • EDCCC chair Euodias Goza said he is hopeful that the job creation will "trickle down" throughout the county for a "threefold" benefit for Scroll and the county's retail and tourism industry.

    Arkadelphia Siftings Herald Homepage RSS Joe Phelps 2010

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