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How to pronounce twofold in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms double, dual, three-fold, threefold, treble, two-fold


the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence.
Type Words
Synonyms double, doubled, two-fold


a twofold increase.
Type Words
Synonyms two times


the price increased twofold last year.

Examples of twofold

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The benefit of shooting the gas straight into the combustion chamber is twofold.
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With the discovery of previously hidden land, national income increased twofold.
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The reason that negotiations in Brussels are currently so protracted is twofold.
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The number of livestock and poultry has decreased twofold compared to the 1990s.
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Second, Smyth introduced a twofold church leadership, that of pastor and deacon.
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Hers is twofold, and she has stressed both long before she took part in pageants.
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The idea behind adopting it for the season's first major was twofold, Payne said.
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In the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year, the figure rose more than twofold.
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They demonstrated that stronger bonding produced a twofold increase in heat flow.
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More examples
  • By a factor of two; "the price increased twofold last year"
  • Double: having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; "a double (or dual) role for an actor"; "the office of a clergyman is twofold; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson; "every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
  • Double: twice as great or many; "ate a double portion"; "the dose is doubled"; "a twofold increase"
  • Double or 200 percent.