Thousandfold

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈθaÊŠzÉ™ndfəʊld/

Origin

Old English þūsendfeald, corresponding to thousand + -fold.

Full definition of thousandfold

Adjective

1. Multiplied by one thousand (1000), repeated a thousand times.The changes to the algorithm resulted in a thousandfold increase in efficiency, earning the engineer a small brass plaque.
2. Having one thousand parts or members.
• 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:Looking into his eyes, you seemed to see there the yet lingering images of those thousand-fold perils he had calmly confronted through life.

Adverb

1. By a factor of a thousand.