sixfold

adjective

six·​fold ˈsiks-ˌfōld  -ˈfōld 

1

: having six units or members

2

: being six times as great or as many

sixfold

ˈsiks-ˈfōld 

adverb

Examples of sixfold in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In one instance, Mexico's recent civil unrest also put some travelers on edge, with the travel insurance platform Squaremouth reporting a sixfold surge in customer calls specifically about Mexico. —Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026

This represents a sixfold increase when compared with the last 16 months of the Biden administration, according to the analysis. —Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2026

Natural disasters in the United States are costing $130 billion per year, a sixfold increase since the 1980s, and killing Americans at roughly twice the historic rate. —Michael Chertoff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026

This more than sixfold increase was part of the Great Migration, the mass movement of millions of African Americans from the rural South to Northern and Midwestern cities in search of industrial jobs, political freedom and escape from Jim Crow segregation. —Anita Moncrease, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

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

Rhymes for sixfold

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