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Webster 1913 Edition


Thousandfold

Thou′sand-foldˊ

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Adj.
Multiplied by a thousand.

Definition 2024


thousandfold

thousandfold

English

Adjective

thousandfold (not comparable)

  1. Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.
    The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.
  2. Having one thousand parts or members.
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life.

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Adverb

thousandfold (not comparable)

  1. By a factor of a thousand.

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