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Meaning of TWOFOLD

Pronunciation:  'toofowld

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adv]  by a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last year"
  2. [adj]  twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"
  3. [adj]  having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
 
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 Synonyms: double, doubled, dual, multiple, threefold, treble, two times
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Two"fold`\, a. [Cf. {Twifold}.]
    Double; duplicate; multiplied by two; as, a twofold nature; a
    twofold sense; a twofold argument.
    
  2. \Two"fold`\, adv.
    In a double degree; doubly.
    
 

 

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