-fold

suffix

Definition

› having the stated number of parts, or multiplied by the stated number: The problems are twofold - firstly, economic, and secondly, political. In the last 50 years, there has been a 33-fold increase in the amount of pesticide used in farming.

(Definition of -fold suffix from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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focus verb
focused adjective
foist sth on/upon sb
FOK noun
fold sth into sth
-fold suffix
fold verb
fold-out adjective
fold-out noun
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follow sth up

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fold verb
fold-out adjective
fold-out noun
above the fold adverb
above-the-fold adjective, at above the fold adverb
below the fold adverb

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