Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Three times as great.

    троекра́тныйtrojekrátnyj

    three times as great or many

  2. (not comparable)Triple.

    тройно́йtrojnój

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Thank to a fundamental restructuring, our surplus has swelled threefold.

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  2. Modern Algeria has embarked on a process of Arabization, Islamization and socialism and this threefold policy has been a failure.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 2
three times as great:
triple:

Origin

From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.

From Middle English threfold, from Old English þrīfeald. Equivalent to three + -fold.

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Synonyms

12 synonyms
three times as great:thrissome
triple:ternary
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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