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# fourfold

«fourfold» in Mova's school dictionary: **Four times as much or as many** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (fourfold); adverb (fourfold)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Four times as much or as many. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourfold/#m1)

2) Having four parts or four kinds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourfold/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths it means multiply by 4: «a fourfold increase» from 10 gives 40. In science and news it describes how much something has grown. Phrases: a fourfold increase, rise fourfold, fourfold symmetry.

### examples

- The number of birds in the park has risen fourfold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourfold/#x1)
- A fourfold increase from 5 is 20. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourfold/#x2)
- The price of tickets went up fourfold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourfold/#x3)
- The plan had a fourfold aim: learn, play, share and grow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourfold/#x4)
- A square has fourfold symmetry; it looks the same after each quarter turn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourfold/#x5)
- Sales of ice cream grew fourfold on the hot day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourfold/#x6)

### note

Similar words: twofold, threefold, tenfold. In maths, «a fourfold increase» usually means the new amount is 4 times the old one (×4), not «old + 4 times». Be careful in word problems.

### In the corpora

- [and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.304/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fourfold» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fourfold/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.