Meanings
- not comparableSeven times as much; multiplied by seven.
Long-distance rail travel is increasing despite a similar sevenfold rise in ownership of private transport throughout the country.
1963 September, “French Railways' quarter-century expansion”, in Modern Railways, pages 189–1901 more example
“I'm through with all pawn-games,” I laughed. “Come, let us have a game of lansquenet. Either I will take a farewell fall out of you or you will have your sevenfold revenge”.
1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC - not comparableHaving seven parts; composed of seven items.
Come down to the sevenfold gates and harry the foemen away!
1908, “The Seven Against Thebes”, in Edmund Doidge Anderson Morshead, transl., Four Plays of Aeschylus, page 120
- not comparableBy a factor of seven.
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 4:15
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Old Englishseofonfeald
- Middle Englishsevenfold
- Englishsevenfold
Inherited from Middle English sevenfold, sevenefold, from Old English seofonfeald. Equivalent to seven + -fold.
More words from Middle English, Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian седморен, седемкратен
- седморен (sedmoren)multiplied by seven (adjective)
- седемкратен (sedemkraten)multiplied by seven (adjective)
- седморен (sedmoren)having seven parts (adjective)
Dutch zevenvoudig, zevenvoudig
- zevenvoudigmultiplied by seven (adjective)
- zevenvoudighaving seven parts (adjective)
- zevenmaalby a factor of seven (adverb)
Finnish seitsemänkertainen, seitsenkertainen
- seitsemänkertainenmultiplied by seven (adjective)
- seitsenkertainenmultiplied by seven (adjective)
- seitsemänosainenhaving seven parts (adjective)
- seitsenosainenhaving seven parts (adjective)
- seitsemänkertaisestiby a factor of seven (adverb)
- seitsenkertaisestiby a factor of seven (adverb)
French septuple
- septuplemultiplied by seven (adjective)
German siebenfach, siebenfach
- siebenfachmultiplied by seven (adjective)
- siebenfachby a factor of seven (adverb)
Hungarian hétszeres, hétszer akkora/annyi
- hétszeresmultiplied by seven (adjective)
- hétszer akkora/annyimultiplied by seven (adjective)
- hétrészeshaving seven parts (adjective)
- heteshaving seven parts (adjective)
- hétrétűhaving seven parts (adjective)
- hétszeresenby a factor of seven (adverb)
- hétszereséreby a factor of seven (adverb)
Italian settemplice
- settemplicehaving seven parts (adjective)
Russian семикра́тный
- семикра́тный (semikrátnyj)multiplied by seven (adjective)
Scottish Gaelic seachd-fillte
- seachd-filltemultiplied by seven (adjective)
Swedish sjufaldigad, sjufaldigat
- sjufaldigadmultiplied by seven (adjective)
- sjufaldigatmultiplied by seven (adjective)
- sjufaldighaving seven parts (adjective)
- sjufaldigthaving seven parts (adjective)
- sjufaldigby a factor of seven (adverb)
- sjufaldigtby a factor of seven (adverb)
Cite this entry
sevenfold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sevenfold
“sevenfold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sevenfold. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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