Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Ten times as much or as many.

    десятикратныйdesjatikratnyj

    containing ten or ten parts

  2. (not comparable)Containing ten parts.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. "I love you!" "I love you tenfold!"

  2. The morals of children are tenfold worse than formerly.

  3. "May God reward you for your good deeds." "And may Him reward you tenfold."

Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
ten times as much or as many:

Origin

From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fo

From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fold.

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
ten times as much:decuple
containing ten parts:denary
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Word family

1 related words

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