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twofoldtwo‧fold /ˈtuːfəʊld $ -foʊld/ adjective  - a twofold increase in the genetic mutations
- My reasons for leaving are twofold.
- The answer to the question is twofold.
- The last ten years have seen a twofold increase in the numbers of deaths on the road.
- This new legislation will have a twofold effect on businesses.
- Because of the number of peaks, the structured form must contain a twofold symmetry if duplex, or fourfold if tetraplex.
- The answers would seem to be twofold.
- The government has a twofold task.
- The mechanism of the hypercalcemia in vitamin D intoxication is twofold.
- The principal findings of the Implications Team, concurred in by the 350 members of the plenary, were twofold.
- The subject is essentially twofold - beach and palm trees, so thought must be given to each.
- This difference, while twofold, is not statistically significant.
- Thus the act in a twofold sense is repugnant to the Constitution.
when a number or amount is twice as big as another► twice: twice as big/fast/much/many etc bigger, faster etc by 100%: · This sweater would have cost twice as much if I'd bought it in England.twice the size/my salary/his age etc: · He married a woman who was twice his age.· It's about twice the length of a football field.· Full cream milk contains about twice the fat of skimmed milk. ► double twice as much as an amount, number etc: double the amount/number/weight/size/cost etc: · Over 30% of marriages end in divorce, which is double the number 20 years ago.· The house is now worth double the amount we paid for it. ► twofold two times as much or as many of something: a twofold increase: · The last ten years have seen a twofold increase in the numbers of deaths on the road. consisting of two things of the same type► double · I pushed the double doors open and walked into the office.· The report and photographs fitted nicely onto a double page.· You cannot park on double yellow lines. ► dual having two types of one particular thing: · It's much safer if you learn to drive in a car which has dual controls.· He found it difficult to cope with the dual pressures of work and home life.dual role/function/purpose/aim: · Don Jose continued in his dual role of father and teacher to his son.· The magistrate's court has a dual function: to try minor cases and consider whether in more serious cases there is enough evidence for a trial to take place.dual nationality/citizenship (=when someone has the legal right to live in two different countries): · He has dual nationality because his father was born in Pakistan and his mother is British. ► twofold formal if the reasons, aims, or effects etc, of something are twofold , there are two reasons, aims, or effects: · My reasons for leaving are twofold.· This new legislation will have a twofold effect on businesses. ► twofold increase a twofold increase in cases of TB NOUN► increase· The result was a more than twofold increase in the rate of locomotive production.· These show since 1939 a more than twofold increase in arable land and a corresponding decline in permanent pasture. 1two times as much or as many of something: a twofold increase in cases of TB2having two important parts: The benefits of the scheme are twofold.—twofold adverb: Student numbers have expanded twofold in ten years. |