twentyfold

[ adjective twen-tee-fohld, twuhn-; adverb twen-tee-fohld, twuhn- ]

adjective

1. having twenty sections, aspects, divisions, kinds, etc.
2. being twenty times as large, great, many, etc.

adverb

1. twenty times in amount or degree.

Word History and Origins

Origin of twentyfold¹

First recorded in 1600–10; twenty + -fold

Example Sentences

In the depths of the pandemic, as global supply chains buckled and the cost of shipping a container to China soared nearly twentyfold, Marco Villarreal spied an opportunity.

From New York Times

And film photography has been on the rise among young people, with film sales increasing twentyfold from 2020 to 2022.

From Slate

The study also found wide geographic variation in the use of influenza antivirals -- there was a threefold to twentyfold difference in the rate of antiviral use based on geographic region that was not explained by differences in the incidence of flu, said Antoon.

From Science Daily

But violent incidents at religious gathering places, tracked by the non-profit Faith Based Security Network, have increased more than twentyfold since 1999, with 60 percent of them involving guns.

From Seattle Times

Neurotechnology research and patents have soared at least twentyfold over the past two decades, according to a United Nations report, and devices are getting more powerful.

From Scientific American