TWOFOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does twofold mean? 

• TWOFOLD (adjective)
  The adjective TWOFOLD has 2 senses:

1. having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

2. twice as great or many

  Familiarity information: TWOFOLD used as an adjective is rare.

• TWOFOLD (adverb)
  The adverb TWOFOLD has 1 sense:

1. by a factor of two

  Familiarity information: TWOFOLD used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TWOFOLD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities

Synonyms:

double; dual; three-fold; threefold; treble; two-fold; twofold

Context example:

every episode has its double and treble meaning

Similar:

multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Twice as great or many

Synonyms:

double; doubled; two-fold; twofold

Context example:

a twofold increase

Similar:

multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)

• TWOFOLD (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

By a factor of two

Synonyms:

two times; twofold

Context example:

the price increased twofold last year

 Context examples 

The impact of this research is twofold.

(Transferring Sorghum’s Weed-Killing Power to Rice, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

A high genetic risk combined with an unfavourable lifestyle profile was associated with a more than twofold increased risk of stroke compared with a low genetic risk and a favourable lifestyle.

(A healthy lifestyle cuts stroke risk, irrespective of genetic risk, University of Cambridge)

The reason I am so excited about the coming solar eclipse on December 25 (USA, South America) or December 26 (the rest of the world) is twofold.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Fanny's attractions increased—increased twofold; for the sensibility which beautified her complexion and illumined her countenance was an attraction in itself.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

A twofold increase.

(Double, NCI Thesaurus)

In short, she sat, during the first visit, looking at Jane Fairfax with twofold complacency; the sense of pleasure and the sense of rendering justice, and was determining that she would dislike her no longer.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)