[
UK
/sˈɛvənfˌəʊld/
]
[ US /ˈsɛvənˌfoʊɫd/ ]
[ US /ˈsɛvənˌfoʊɫd/ ]
ADVERB
-
seven times
the population of this village increased sevenfold in the past 100 years
ADJECTIVE
- having seven units or components
How To Use sevenfold In A Sentence
- Victoria's population had increased sevenfold from 76000 to 540000, 45 per cent of the Australian population of 1200000 in 1861.
- Winthrop looked at him, as if to see whether he were cased in sevenfold learning. The Hills of the Shatemuc
- Greek, "The blessing, the glory, the wisdom, the thanksgiving, the honor, the power, the might [the doxology is sevenfold, implying its totality and completeness], unto the ages of the ages. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
- Although NCLR's annual budget has grown sevenfold to about $3.6 million during executive director Kate Kendell's nine-year tenure, every dime is still squeezed.
- In this group the rates have increased eightfold in men and almost sevenfold in women since the 1970s.
- Nineteen years later and that record has only increased sevenfold, with Craig Gordon's £9m move to Sunderland in 2007. Managers believe strikers are worth their weight in gold, I'm not so sure | David James
- Each rod contains thousands of proteins that transform light into signals via a molecule that crosses the membrane in a sevenfold zigzag.
- After acute salpingitis, the risk of an ectopic pregnancy is increased sevenfold.
- Each rod contains thousands of proteins that transform light into signals via a molecule that crosses the membrane in a sevenfold zigzag.
- Last year, 409 immigrants died trying to get across - a sevenfold increase since 1995.