threefold

/'θri:fould/
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threefold

The company's profits increased threefold over the last quarter.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Consisting of three parts or elements; triple: Having three parts, layers, or components.
    • Three times as great or as numerous: Being three times the size, amount, or degree.

  2. Adverb:

    • By three times; to three times the amount or degree: Indicating multiplication or increase by a factor of three.
Usage and Examples

  • As an Adjective:

    • The agreement served a threefold purpose: to secure peace, promote trade, and ensure mutual defense.
    • They reported a threefold increase in sales after the new marketing campaign.

  • As an Adverb:

    • The company's profits grew threefold over the decade.
    • Multiplying the investment threefold was his ambitious goal.
Advanced Usage
  • In Formal or Literary Contexts: Often used to describe complex structures or significant multiplicative increases.
    • The problem is threefold: logistical, financial, and ethical.
    • The prophecy had a threefold meaning, understood only by the wise.
Variants and Related Words
  • Threefold (adj., adv.): The standard form.
  • Three-fold (adj., adv.): A less common hyphenated variant with identical meaning.
  • Treble (adj., verb): Can be a synonym, especially in British English, meaning threefold or to triple.
    • They managed to treble their output.
  • Triple (adj., verb): A more common synonym meaning consisting of three parts or to make three times as great.
    • She scored a triple victory.
Synonyms
  • Triple
  • Treble
  • Three-way (for the "consisting of three parts" sense)
Notes on Meaning
  • The word can function both as an adjective (describing a noun) and an adverb (modifying a verb, adjective, or another adverb).
  • The adverbial use ("increased threefold") is equivalent to saying "increased by a factor of three" or "tripled."
  • When used as an adjective before a noun, it often describes a purpose, increase, or structure that has three distinct aspects.
threefold

The company's profits increased threefold over the last quarter.

Adjective
  1. having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
    • a double (or dual) role for an actor
    • the office of a clergyman is twofold
    • every episode has its double and treble meaning-Frederick Harrison
  2. three times as great or many
    • a claim for treble (or triple) damages
    • a threefold increase
Adverb
  1. by a factor of three
    • our rent increased threefold in the past five years

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