Definitions
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- adjective By a factor of seventeen.
- adverb By a factor of
seventeen .
Etymologies
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From seventeen + -fold.
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Examples
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Seventeen verses are to be recited to correspond to the 'seventeenfold' Praj [= a] pati.
The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow Edward Washburn Hopkins 1894
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Net profit grew seventeenfold last year, and the company plans to enter the Japanese portal market by the end of December.
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On her watch, the number of problem banks has jumped more than seventeenfold to 888 banks with a total of $397 billion in assets from 50 banks with $6 billion in assets in June 2006.
latimes.com - News 2011
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