hundredfold

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adjective

Multiplied by a hundred.

Similar
centuplea hundred times
OriginMiddle English hundredfold →
UncommonScrabble 20
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Meanings

adjectivehundredfold (not comparable)
  1. not comparableMultiplied by a hundred.

    The struggle with ways and means had recommenced, more difficult now a hundredfold than it had been before, because of their increasing needs.

    1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC

    Synonyms: centuple

adverbhundredfold (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBy a factor of one hundred.
verbhundredfold (third-person singular simple present hundredfolds, present participle hundredfolding, simple past and past participle hundredfolded)

present singular third person hundredfolds · participle present hundredfolding · participle past hundredfolded · past hundredfolded

  1. rareTo increase to one hundred times as much; to multiply by a hundred.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveMultiplied by a hundred.

Similar
centuple

More synonyms by meaning

adverbby a factor of one hundred

Similar
a hundred times

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhundredfold
  2. Englishhundredfold

From Middle English hundredfold. Equivalent to hundred + -fold.

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Translations

Bulgarian стократен, стократно
  • стократен (stokraten)Multiplied by a hundred
  • стократно (stokratno)increase to hundred times as much
Finnish satakertainen, satakertaisesti
  • satakertainenMultiplied by a hundred
  • satakertaisestiby a factor of one hundred
  • satakertaistaaincrease to hundred times as much
French centuple, cent fois
  • centupleMultiplied by a hundred
  • cent foisMultiplied by a hundred
  • une centaine de foisby a factor of one hundred
  • centuplerincrease to hundred times as much
German hundertfach
  • hundertfachMultiplied by a hundred
Hindi शतधा
  • शतधा (śatdhā)by a factor of one hundred
Hungarian százszor
  • százszorMultiplied by a hundred
Irish céadach
  • céadachMultiplied by a hundred
Latin centumplex
  • centumplexMultiplied by a hundred
Polish stokrotny, stokroć
  • stokrotnyMultiplied by a hundred
  • stokroćby a factor of one hundred
  • stokrotnieby a factor of one hundred
Romanian însuti
  • însutiincrease to hundred times as much
Spanish céntuplo
  • céntuploMultiplied by a hundred
Swedish hundrafaldig, hundrafalt
  • hundrafaldigMultiplied by a hundred
  • hundrafaltby a factor of one hundred
  • hundrafaldigaincrease to hundred times as much
Ukrainian стокра́тний, стокра́тно
  • стокра́тний (stokrátnyj)Multiplied by a hundred
  • стокра́тно (stokrátno)by a factor of one hundred
Cite this entry
APA

hundredfold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hundredfold

MLA

“hundredfold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hundredfold. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hundredfold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hundredfold.

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