thousandfold

thousandfold
1. adjective /ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/
a) Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.

The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.

b) Having one thousand parts or members.

Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life.

2. adverb /ˈθaʊzəndfəʊld/
By a factor of a thousand.

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  • thousandfold — thou·sand·fold …   English syllables

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  • thousandfold — /ˈθaʊzənfoʊld/ (say thowzuhnfohld) adjective 1. a thousand times as great. –adverb 2. a thousand times as much. {thousand + fold} …  

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