eightfold

adjective

eight·​fold ˈāt-ˌfōld  -ˈfōld 

1

: having eight units or members

2

: being eight times as great or as many

an eightfold increase

eightfold

ˈāt-ˈfōld 

adverb

Examples of eightfold in a Sentence

There has been an eightfold increase in membership in the past year.

Recent Examples on the Web

In that time, the Haitian immigrant population in Indiana increased eightfold, to 12,465; almost fourfold in North Carolina, to 7,752; more than doubled in Texas, to 7,010; more than tripled in Ohio, to 5,264; more than doubled in Virginia, to 6,342; and nearly fivefold in South Carolina, to 2,569. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Oct. 2024

These low rates occurred even though the department has dramatically increased the space, manpower and technology devoted to video analysis, resulting in an eightfold increase in videos downloaded over the past decade. —Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024

From 1990 to 2010, Chinese enrollment in higher education rose eightfold, and the number of college graduates exploded from 300,000 to nearly three million per year. —Jonathan Gruber, Foreign Affairs, 12 Sep. 2019

Similar strategies at other fast food chains have reportedly increased the amount of cheese on menu items as much as eightfold. —Crystal Heath, Vox, 9 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing eightfold

• eightfold way