thousandfold
Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/
Pronunciation notes
- UK
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/ˈθaʊzəndfoʊld/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Adjective
Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
Usage- not-comparable
- Examples
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The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.
More examples (1)
[T]he fresh brave school-life, so full of games, adventures, and good fellowship, so ready at forgetting, so capacious at enjoying, so bright at forecasting, outweighed a thousandfold their troubles with the master of their form, and the occasional ill-usage of the big boys in the house.
Having one thousand parts or members.
Usage- not-comparable
- Examples
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Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life.
Adverb
By a factor of a thousand.
Usage- not-comparable