hundredfold
English
| 1,000 | ||||
| ← 90 | 100 | |||
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| 10 | ||||
| Cardinal: hundred Ordinal: hundredth Multiplier: hundredfold Latinate multiplier: centuple Group collective: hundred Multipart collective: centuplet Metric collective prefix: hecto- Metric fractional prefix: centi- Elemental: centuplet Number of years: century, centennium | ||||
Etymology
From Middle English hundredfold. Equivalent to hundred + -fold.
Adjective
hundredfold (not comparable)
- Multiplied by a hundred.
- Synonym: centuple
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs.
Translations
Multiplied by a hundred
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Adverb
hundredfold (not comparable)
- By a factor of one hundred.
Translations
by a factor of one hundred
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Verb
hundredfold (third-person singular simple present hundredfolds, present participle hundredfolding, simple past and past participle hundredfolded)
Middle English
| 100 | 1,000 → | |
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| Cardinal: hundred Ordinal: hundred Multiplier: hundredfold | ||
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhundrɛdˌfɔːld/, /ˈhundrɛθˌfɔːld/, /ˈhundərˌfɔːld/, /-fɑːld/
Descendants
- English: hundredfold
References
- “hundredfōld, adj., adv., n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Descendants
- English: hundredfold
References
- “hundredfōld, adj., adv., n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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