Fourfold
(adjective)
- Four times as great or as many.
- Four times as much in amount or degree; multiplied by four.
Origin:
From four (number) + -fold (suffix) meaning four times as great or as many.
Examples:
- The profit increased fourfold.
- The population has grown fourfold in the last decade.
- The intensity of the storm increased fourfold.
- The price of the stock has gone up fourfold.
- The number of tourists has increased fourfold in the past year.