fivefold

adjective

five·​fold ˈfīv-ˌfōld  -ˈfōld 

1

: having five units or members

2

: being five times as great or as many

fivefold

ˈfīv-ˈfōld 

adverb

Examples of fivefold in a Sentence

There has been a fivefold increase in membership this year.

Recent Examples on the Web

Elsewhere, however, Gartner expects inference spend per agentic workflow to climb more than fivefold through 2028, since agentic systems use five to 30 times more tokens per task than chatbots. — Brandon Barbello, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

In the earnings call, Dimitrova said monthly active users of the assistant had increased fivefold year-on-year, while high-value actions such as adding items to basket had risen sevenfold. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026

Southern California’s sand requirements are predicted to triple by 2050, driving up costs fivefold because of global increases on sand prices, according to a University of Southern California study. — Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2026

Intel estimates that agentic AI workloads could expand the total addressable market for server CPUs fivefold over the next five years, from $40 billion today to as much as $200 billion. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

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

Rhymes for fivefold

• copyhold
• decontrolled
• hundredfold
• manifold
• marigold
• oversold
• petioled
• sevenfold
• stranglehold
• subthreshold
• thousandfold
• uncontrolled