Associations to the word «Fourfold»

Wiktionary

FOURFOLD, adjective. Four times as great
FOURFOLD, adjective. Quadruple
FOURFOLD, adverb. By a factor of four
FOURFOLD, verb. To increase to four times as much; to multiply by four
FOURFOLD, noun. (mathematics) An algebraic variety of degree 4.

Dictionary definition

FOURFOLD, adverb. By a factor of four; "the price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years".
FOURFOLD, adjective. Four times as great or many; "a fourfold increase in the dosage".
FOURFOLD, adjective. Having four units or components; "quadruple rhythm has four beats per measure"; "quadruplex wire".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats