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

Another leading blockchain research firm, Chainalysis reported that crypto money laundering alone rose to over $82 billion in 2025, representing an eightfold increase from the $10 billion level previously recorded in 2020. —Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

The stock multiplied by about eightfold from the beginning of 1997 through its peak in September 2000, before losing over 90% of its value over a roughly two-year market collapse. —Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026

That’s a big problem, given the congestion inside computer racks today and the fact that Nvidia, the leading AI hardware company, plans an eightfold increase in the maximum number of GPUs per system, from 72 to 576 by 2027. —IEEE Spectrum, 27 Dec. 2025

Given that sales of Laopu Gold grew eightfold over the past two years, the bank forecasts its 2025 net profit and revenue to grow 218 percent and 199 percent, year-over-year, respectively. —Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 14 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

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

Phrases Containing eightfold

• eightfold way

Rhymes for eightfold

• ahold
• behold
• billfold
• blindfold
• cajoled
• consoled
• controlled
• cotswold
• enfold
• enrolled
• extolled
• fivefold