three-fold

Describes something that has three parts or is three times as much.

• 🇵🇹Descreve algo composto de três partes ou que é três vezes maior. Também pode indicar algo que tem três aspectos ou dimensões.

1. Three times as great or many B2 formal

   Being three times the amount, size, or number of something.

   • The company reported a three-fold increase in profits this quarter.
   • The population of the city has grown three-fold in the last decade.
   • The cost of the project was three-fold higher than initially estimated.

   🇵🇹Três vezes maior

   Sinônimos: three timestrebletriple

2. Having multiple distinct aspects C1 formal

   Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; multifaceted.

   • The problem is three-fold: financial, logistical, and ethical.
   • Her argument was three-fold, covering economic, social, and environmental impacts.
   • The benefits of the new policy are three-fold, affecting employees, customers, and shareholders.

   🇵🇹Tríplice

   Sinônimos: diversemanifoldmany-sidedmultifacetedmultiplevarious

• more three-fold comparative form
• most three-fold superlative form