sixfold — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Having six times as much or as many.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

2. Having six component parts.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are.

Adverb

1. Times six, multiplied by six.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   I will return your investment sixfold. That's right, you'll have 600% of what you started with. 1885, Alexander Campbell, Speeches on Divers Occasions, page 101, "[He] would state that in [1842, there were] 3,448 letters ... received, and in 1865 [that total was] 18,222, or nearly sixfold more.

Adjective

1. having six units or components

   Synonyms

   sextuplesix-fold

Adverb

1. by a factor of six

   Synonyms

   six times

   Examples

   the population of this town increased sixfold when gold was found in the surrounding hills