twofold

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English

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    Cardinal: two
    Ordinal: second
    Latinate ordinal: secondary
    Reverse order ordinal: second to last, second from last, last but one
    Latinate reverse order ordinal: penultimate
    Adverbial: two times, twice
    Multiplier: twofold
    Latinate multiplier: double
    Distributive: doubly
    Germanic collective: pair, twosome
    Collective of n parts: doublet, couple, couplet
    Greek or Latinate collective: dyad
    Metric collective prefix: double-
    Greek collective prefix: di-, duo-
    Latinate collective prefix: bi-
    Fractional: half
    Metric fractional prefix: demi-
    Latinate fractional prefix: semi-
    Greek fractional prefix: hemi-
    Elemental: twin, doublet
    Greek prefix: deutero-
    Number of musicians: duo, duet, duplet
    Number of years: biennium

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Etymology

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PIE word
*dwóh₁

From Middle English twofold, from Old English twēofeald. Equivalent to two +‎ -fold; cognate to Icelandic tvöfalt and Dutch tweevoudig.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːfoʊld/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Adjective

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twofold (not comparable)

  1. Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
    The wheat produced a twofold harvest.
  2. Having two parts, especially two different parts.
    a twofold nature;  a twofold sense;  a twofold argument
    • 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65.
      Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown []
    • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 7, page 107:
      It is the tale of Ixion's twofold guilt, unnatural murder and unlawful love.
    • 2014, Robert K. Bolger, Scott Korb, Gesturing Toward Reality: David Foster Wallace and Philosophy[1]:
      "Wallace's suggestion for overcoming the epistemological and solipsistic effects of innate selfishness is twofold."

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Adverb

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twofold (not comparable)

  1. In a double degree; doubly.

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Middle English

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    Cardinal: two, twei
    Ordinal: secunde
    Adverbial: twie, twies
    Multiplier: twofold

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Etymology

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A remodelling of twifold after two +‎ -fold.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtwɔːfɔːld/, /ˈtwoːfɔːld/

Adjective

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twofold

  1. double, twofold (having two parts)
  2. double, twofold (two times)
  3. (rare) uncertain, wavering

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  • English: twofold

Adverb

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twofold

  1. In a twofold way; twice.

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