Adjective
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having more than one decidedly dissimilar aspects or qualities
"a double (or dual) role for an actor"
"the office of a clergyman is twofold
public preaching and private influence"- R.W.Emerson
"every episode has its double and treble meaning"-Frederick Harrison
- two fold - three fold -
three times as great or many
"a claim for treble (or triple) damages"
"a threefold increase"
- three fold
Adverb
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by a factor of three
"our rent increased threefold in the past five years"
- three times