fourfold increase

collocation in English

meaningsoffourfoldandincrease

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fourfold
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.fəʊld/us
/ˈfɔːr.foʊld/
four times as big or ...
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɪn.kriːs/us
/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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(Definition offourfoldandincreasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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However, the influence of the square lattice is markedly reduced when = 4 (afourfoldincreaseover the original area).
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There was afourfoldincreasein risk for hospital referral in adults.
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For example, a square law will produce afourfoldincreasein the musical parameter from a doubling of the data to be mapped.
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Interestingly, the authors reported that storing eggs more than 2 weeks after purchase was associated with afourfoldincreasein risk of infection.
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Even within corn cultivars, growth of an unimproved cultivar was unresponsive to infection, while another showed afourfoldincreasein growth with infection.
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Seroconversion can be defined as the percentage of subjects with afourfoldincreasein antibody titres.
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Setting intervention 20 days later would result in an almostfourfoldincreasein the epidemic size.
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Depression was associated with a nearlyfourfoldincreasein the likelihood of seeking a consultation for back pain lasting >3 months at follow-up.
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Then on the health side there has been afourfoldincreasein the amount of money spent on hospital building.
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I am making the point that there has been—it has not been contradicted—afourfoldincreasein insurance funds invested in property.
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Their number, of course, is even greater; it has gone up by several million, afourfoldincrease.
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It will be afourfoldincreaseon present levels of financial provision.
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In the past year alone, there has been afourfoldincreasein connections with primary schools.
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This difference may not sound much, but it equals afourfoldincreasein pressure jump.
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There has been afourfoldincreasesince the general election.
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He has referred at times recently to the difficulties that the nation has faced over prices following thefourfoldincreasein oil prices in 1973.
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Today, six years later, it is £426 million—a massivefourfoldincrease.
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In 1988, over 60,000 more firms opened than closed, which is afourfoldincreaseover 10 years previously.
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There has been afourfoldincreasein legal aid costs since 1979—it has increased from £100 million to £400 million.
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If things were so fine in schools at that time, why was there more than afourfoldincreasein the number of exclusions?
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