What is the meaning of three-fold?

adjective

  • Three times as great or many.
    • usage: "a claim for treble (or triple) damages"; "a threefold increase"
  • 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
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