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Definition of -fold suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-fold

suffix

/fəʊld/

/fəʊld/

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(in adjectives and adverbs) multiplied by; having the number of parts mentioned
- to increase tenfold
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Word OriginOld English -fald, -feald; related to fold ‘to bend something on itself’.

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fold something in | fold something into something

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