manifold
Many times; repeatedlyMany times; repeatedly.
» The novel gives a manifold picture of human life.
Dieser Roman zeigt ein vielfältiges Bild des menschlichen Lebens.
Meaning
1 sensesMany times; repeatedly.
Examples
6 sentencesThe novel gives a manifold picture of human life.
deDieser Roman zeigt ein vielfältiges Bild des menschlichen Lebens. — samueldora
In calculus, the term varifold is a portmanteau of "variational manifold."
The benefits will be manifold.
A distance-preserving diffeomorphism between two Riemannian manifolds is called an isometry.
deEinen Abstand bewahrenden Diffeomorphismus zwischen zwei Riemannschen Mannigfaltigkeiten bezeichnet man als Isometrie. — hjoest
A manifold is like a three-layer cake: on the bottom, a set; in the middle, a topology; on top, an atlas.
Origin
From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, comFrom Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”).
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Forms
more manifold, most manifold| Comparative | more manifold Lesson |
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| Superlative | most manifold |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form