Meaning

1 senses

  1. To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.

Examples

3 sentences

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

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

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

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Translations

2 languages

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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Forms

tenfolds, tenfolding, tenfolded, tenfolded
Base formtenfold · to tenfold
3rd person singulartenfolds
Present participletenfolding
Past simpletenfolded
Past participletenfolded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytenfold
he, she, ittenfolds

Past simpleLesson

all personstenfolded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tenfolded
he, she, ithas tenfolded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tenfold

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tendontendriltenettennertennisA1tenor

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