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

Samsung's gains came as the company also forecast an eightfold jump in first-quarter profit on Tuesday, driven by surging AI demand for its high-bandwidth memory chips used in data centers and servers. —Dylan Butts, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2026

Sales of one Dubai startup’s emergency survival kits are up eightfold since the war began. —Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026

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

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

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