hundredfold
pronunciation
How to pronounce hundredfold in British English:
UK ['hʌndrədfəʊld]
How to pronounce hundredfold in American English:
US ['hʌndrədˌfoʊld]
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- Adverb:
- by a factor of one hundred
Word Origin
- hundredfold
- c. 1200, from hundred + -fold.
Example
- 1. It says money ploughed into protecting wetlands , coral reefs and forests can bring a hundredfold return on capital .
- 2. The eminent writers duly propose a huge ( nay , hundredfold ) boost in funding to help the poor cope with a shifting climate-through drought-resistant crops , for example .
- 3. Rescuing e people 's life is the top priority of this time of anti-quake struggle and relief work . We must make the best use of time , so long as having a faint flash of surviving opportunity ; we will strive with hundredfold effort .
- 4. Every dollar given to the oral roberts evangelistic association - " or $ 30 , amex , visa , whatever the lord leads you to do " - would eventually return to the giver multiplied as much as a hundredfold .