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# tenfold

«tenfold» in Mova's school dictionary: **ten times as much or as many: «Sales grew tenfold»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (tenfold); adjective (tenfold)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Tenfold means ten times as much or as many: «Sales grew tenfold». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenfold/#m1)

2) As an adjective, tenfold means having ten times the size, or having ten parts: «a tenfold increase». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenfold/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science, «tenfold» is a word for multiplying by 10 and is used in news about growth: «a tenfold increase». In stories and the Bible, a reward may be repaid tenfold or a hundredfold. Phrases: «increase tenfold», «a tenfold rise», «repay tenfold».

### examples

- The number of visitors grew tenfold: from 50 to 500. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenfold/#x1)
- There was a tenfold increase in bikes at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenfold/#x2)
- His kindness was repaid tenfold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenfold/#x3)
- The price went up tenfold in ten years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenfold/#x4)
- Under the microscope, the cell looked tenfold bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenfold/#x5)
- A tenfold rise in rain caused floods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenfold/#x6)
- The grass and the grain began to sprout with tenfold vigor and luxuriance, to make up for the dreary months that had been wasted in barrenness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/tenfold/#x7)

### note

Maths: «tenfold» = multiply by 10 (×10). «Increase tenfold» means the new amount is 10 times the old one (50 → 500), not old + 10. Similar: twofold (×2), threefold (×3), hundredfold (×100).

### Trees and pragmatics

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