sixfold

/'siksfould/

Thân thiện

The town's population grew sixfold after the discovery.

Definition

1. Adjective: Having six units or components; consisting of six parts; multiplied by six.
2. Adverb: By a factor of six; six times as much or as many.

Usage

• As an Adjective: Used to describe something that is six times greater in size, amount, or number, or that has six distinct parts.
• As an Adverb: Used to modify a verb, indicating that an action increases or decreases something by six times its original measure.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The company reported a sixfold increase in profits this quarter.
  • The complex has a sixfold purpose, addressing social, economic, and environmental issues.
• Adverb:
  • The town's population grew sixfold in a decade.
  • Efficiency improved sixfold after implementing the new software.

Advanced Usage

• In Mathematical or Statistical Contexts: Often used to describe rates of growth, multiplication, or proportional change.
  • The risk was found to be sixfold higher in the test group.
• Formal or Technical Writing: Commonly appears in scientific, economic, and demographic reports.
  • The experiment yielded a sixfold enhancement in performance.

Variants and Related Words

• Six-fold: An alternative hyphenated spelling for the adjective form.
• Sextuple (Adjective): A less common synonym meaning consisting of six parts or a sixfold amount.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Sextuple, six times.
• Adverb: Six times, by a factor of six.

Notes on Different Meanings

The word "sixfold" has a consistent numerical meaning. Its application differs only in its grammatical role (adjective vs. adverb), not in its core definition of "six times."

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having six units or components

Adverb

1. by a factor of six
   • the population of this town increased sixfold when gold was found in the surrounding hills

Từ đồng nghĩa

• sextuple
• six-fold
• six times