threefold Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite three times as great or many
    treble; triple; three-fold.
    • a claim for treble (or triple) damages
    • a threefold increase
  2. adjective satellite having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities; public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
    treble; twofold; two-fold; double; three-fold; dual.
    • a double (or dual) role for an actor
    • the office of a clergyman is twofold
    • every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
  3. adverb by a factor of three
    three times.
    • our rent increased threefold in the past five years

WordNet


Three"fold` adjective
Etymology
OE. þreofald; cf. AS. þrifeald.
Definitions
  1. Consisting of three, or thrice repeated; triple; as, threefold justice.
    A threefold cord is not quickly broken. Eccl. iv. 12.

Webster 1913