threefold

Words with a similar base: threefold

'threefold'

[treble.s.02] as in: three times as great or many

Examples:
a claim for treble (or triple) damages
a threefold increase

'threefold'

[double.s.01] as in: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; ; - R.W.Emerson;

-Frederick Harrison

Examples:
a double (or dual) role for an actor
the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence
every episode has its double and treble meaning

'threefold'

[threefold.r.01] as in: by a factor of three

Examples:
our rent increased threefold in the past five years

Origins

					threefold (English)
└── þreofald (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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