adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
increase
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Mrs Whitehouse reports that the use of the F-word on television has increased sixfold in 1991.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The plant has increased its production sixfold .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Coal prices rose sixfold , those of electricity, gas and petrol rose fourfold, and public transport fares were doubled.
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County's share of New York Stock Exchange trading has grown sixfold , to 1.6%.
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Mrs Whitehouse reports that the use of the F-word on television has increased sixfold in 1991.