threefold — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Three times as great.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   "We recognise that electrifying more of the railway is likely to be necessary to deliver decarbonisation," it stated. There's clearly a growing momentum in that direction, but some significant hurdles have still to be overcome - not least the legacy of the three-fold increase in cost on the Great Western Electrification Programme, which has become the poster project for expensive wiring.

2. Triple.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

Adverb

1. By a factor of three.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   thricetrebly

Noun

1. An algebraic variety of dimension 3.

   Examples

   In this way, we find some new pairs (h#123;1,1#125;,#92;#59;h#123;2,1#125;) of Hodge numbers of Calabi-Yau threefolds.

Verb

1. To make threefold; to triple.

   Usage

   • Transitive

Adjective

1. three times as great or many

   Synonyms

   treblethree-foldtriple

   Examples

   a claim for treble (or triple) damages

   a threefold increase

2. having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

   Synonyms

   doubledualtwofoldtwo-foldtreblethree-fold

   Examples

   a double (or dual) role for an actor

Adverb

1. by a factor of three

   Synonyms

   three times

   Examples

   our rent increased threefold in the past five years