twofold
Collocations
4ADJ.
golden, produced
VERB + TWOFOLD
calling, sense
TWOFOLD + NOUN
argument, improvement, joy, nature
PREP.
in, with
Definitions
adj
Double; duplicate; multiplied by two.
The wheat produced a twofold harvest.
Having two parts, especially two different parts.
a twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument
1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65. Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this my song of triumph to be a splendour in his Pythian crown […]
adv
In a double degree; doubly.
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6The wheat produced a twofold harvest.
Wiktionarya twofold nature; a twofold sense; a twofold argument
Wiktionary1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Pythian Ode III, page 65. Had I but landed there and brought unto him a twofold joy, first golden health and next this
WiktionaryThis change in the design brings with it a twofold improvement in the performance of the device.
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