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Definitions for threefold
ˈθriˌfoʊldthree·fold

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. treble, threefold, three-fold, tripleadjective

    three times as great or many

    "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"

  2. double, dual, twofold, two-fold, treble, threefold, three-foldadverb

    having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

    "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison

  3. threefold, three timesadverb

    by a factor of three

    "our rent increased threefold in the past five years"

Wiktionary

  1. threefoldadverb

    by a factor of three

  2. threefoldadjective

    three times as great

  3. threefoldadjective

    triple

  4. threefoldadjective

    relating to the threefold law

  5. Etymology: þreofald

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Threefoldadjective

    Thrice repeated; consisting of three.

    Etymology: þreofeald , Saxon.

    A threefold cord is not easily broken. Ecclus. iv. 12.

    By a threefold justice the world hath been governed from the beginning: by a justice natural, by which the parents and elders of families governed their children, in which the obedience was called natural piety: again, by a justice divine, drawn from the laws of God; and the obedience was called conscience: and lastly, by a justice civil, begotten by both the former; and the obedience to this we call duty. Walter Raleigh.

    A threefold off’ring to his altar bring,
    A bull, a ram, a boar. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

Wikipedia

  1. threefold

    In algebraic geometry, a 3-fold or threefold is a 3-dimensional algebraic variety. The Mori program showed that 3-folds have minimal models.

ChatGPT

  1. threefold

    Threefold is an adjective and adverb used to describe something that is three times as much or as many. It can denote a situation where something increases or expands to become three times as large, occurs in three different ways, or is triple in number, quantity, intensity, or size.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Threefoldadjective

    consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of threefold in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of threefold in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of threefold in a Sentence

  1. President Barack Obama:

    I've come here personally, as the leader of the world's largest economy and the second-largest emitter, to say that the United States of America not only recognizes our role in creating this problem, we embrace our responsibility to do something about it, over the last seven years, we've made ambitious investments in clean energy and ambitious reductions in our carbon emissions. We've multiplied wind power threefold, and solar power more than twentyfold, helping create parts of America where these clean power sources are finally cheaper than dirtier, conventional power. Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the conference.

  2. Bhagavad Gita:

    Knowledge, the object of knowledge and the knower are the three factors which motivate action the senses, the work and the doer comprise the threefold basis of action.

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