Definition of Fourfold

1. Adjective. Four times as great or many. "A fourfold increase in the dosage"

Exact synonyms: Four-fold, Quadruple
Similar to: Multiple

2. Adverb. By a factor of four. "The price of gasoline has increased fourfold over the past two years"
Exact synonyms: Four Times

3. Adjective. Having four units or components. "Quadruplex wire"
Exact synonyms: Four-fold, Quadruple, Quadruplex, Quadruplicate
Similar to: Multiple

Definition of Fourfold

1. a. & adv. Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division.

2. n. Four times as many or as much.

3. v. t. To make four times as much or as many, as an assessment; to quadruple.

Definition of Fourfold

1. four times as great [adj]

Medical Definition of Fourfold

1. Four times; quadruple; as, a fourfold division. "He snall restore the lamb fourfold." (2 Sam. Xii. 6) Origin: AS. Feowerfeold. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fourfold

four-stroke engine
four-stroke internal-combustion engine
four-tailed bandage
four-tailed bandage
four-wheel
four-wheeled
four-wheeler
four-wheel drive
four-wing flying fish
fourchee
fourchette
fourdrinier
fourdriniers
foureyed
fourfold (current term)
fourfold (current term)
fourfold point correlation
fourgon
fourgons
fourhanded
Fourier
fourier analysis
Fourier analysis
Fourier series
Fourier transfer
Fourier transform
fourling
Fournier's disease
fournier's gangrene
fourpence

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