Definition of "twelvefold" []

• By a factor of twelve. (adverb)

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• "While the United States is projected to roughly triple its wind generation by 2020, China will increase its capacity twelvefold to a wind generating capability more than twice that of America's."
• "Lifted by Derivatives, Tax Benefit Mosaic Co. said its fiscal third-quarter net income surged more than twelvefold as the fertilizer maker recorded derivative gains and a tax benefit and the company continues to be helped by rising prices and demand despite "significantly higher" raw materials costs."
• "Investors initially loved the union, as Sears stock steadily climbed more than twelvefold."