Meaning & use

tenfold

adjective·Academic

Equal to ten times as much or as many; multiplied by ten.

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Sales increased tenfold after the product was featured on national television.

The risk of injury rises tenfold when workers skip proper safety training.

A note on using this word

Tenfold usually follows a verb of increase or decrease, as in increased tenfold, rather than directly modifying a noun.

Words with a similar meaning

decuple

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