how to pronounce threefold

/ˈθɹiː.fəʊld/

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threefold is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of threefold in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… 1476 adopts the threefold structure of …”

meanings of threefold

adjective:

Triple.
Three times as great.

adverb:

By a factor of three.

noun:

An algebraic variety of degree 3. |passage=In this way, we find some new pairs (h^{1,1},\;h^{2,1}) of Hodge numbers of Calabi-Yau threefolds.}}.

threefold frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word threefold occurs in english on average 1.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics threefold can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that threefold can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;