ninefold

/'nainfould/

Thân thiện

My investment has increased ninefold over the past decade.

Definition

1. Adjective: Having nine times as many or as much; consisting of nine parts or elements.
2. Adverb: By nine times; to nine times the amount or degree.

Usage

• Adjective: Used to describe something that is nine times greater in size, amount, or number, or something that has nine parts.
• Adverb: Used to describe an increase, decrease, or multiplication by a factor of nine.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The company reported a ninefold increase in profits this quarter.
  • The structure is a ninefold arrangement of interconnected modules.
• Adverb:
  • The population of the town has grown ninefold in the last fifty years.
  • My investment has multiplied ninefold since I bought the stock.

Advanced Usage

• "to increase ninefold": to become nine times larger or more numerous.
  • Demand for the product is expected to increase ninefold.
• "a ninefold rise": a rise by a factor of nine.
  • The data shows a ninefold rise in online traffic.

Variants and Related Words

• Nine times: A phrase with a similar multiplicative meaning (e.g., ).
• Nonuple: (Adjective) Consisting of nine parts or things; ninefold. (This is a more technical or rare synonym).

Synonyms

• Adjective: Nonuple, nine-part.
• Adverb: By a factor of nine, nine times over.

Notes on Meaning

The word ninefold is primarily used in mathematical, statistical, financial, or descriptive contexts to indicate a precise multiplicative relationship. It is less common in everyday casual speech than the phrase "nine times."

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having nine units or components

Adverb

1. by a factor of nine
   • my investment has increased ninefold

Từ đồng nghĩa

• nonuple
• nine-fold
• nine times