hundredfold
/ˈhʌndrədfəʊld/adverb
उच्चारण हन्ड्रड्फ़ोल्ड
सौ गुना
Core word
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by a hundred times as much or as many
सौ गुना
- The price of land has increased a hundredfold since the highway was built.
- Bank deposits have grown hundredfold since the 1960s.
- The company's profits grew hundredfold in ten years.
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- If you plant one seed, it may multiply a hundredfold by harvest time.
- Internet use has multiplied hundredfold since we were children.
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[usually before noun]
a hundred times as much or as many
सौ गुना
- a hundredfold increase in demand
- A hundredfold return on the investment seemed impossible.
- The investor expected a hundredfold gain on the shares.
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- A hundredfold rise in prices would ruin most families.
- The farmer received a hundredfold yield from the new variety.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
increase/multiply a hundredfold
As an adverb, hundredfold means by a hundred times as much or as many. It usually follows a verb of increase.
Adverb के रूप में 'hundredfold' का अर्थ सौ गुना है। यह प्रायः वृद्धि बताने वाली क्रिया के बाद आता है।
- The farmer's crop increased a hundredfold.
- Prices have multiplied a hundredfold in fifty years.
a hundredfold + noun (adjective)
As an adjective it comes before a noun and describes something a hundred times as large or great.
Adjective के रूप में यह noun से पहले आता है और ऐसी चीज़ का वर्णन करता है जो सौ गुना बड़ी हो।
- The company reported a hundredfold rise in profit.
- A hundredfold return on the investment was a dream.
return/repay sth a hundredfold
A hundredfold is common in proverbs and moral writing about rewards for kindness or effort.
Hundredfold कहावतों और नैतिक लेखन में दया या परिश्रम के पुरस्कार के लिए आम है।
- Kindness is repaid a hundredfold.
- The seed gave back its owner a hundredfold.
-fold with other numbers
The suffix -fold can be added to other numbers: twofold, tenfold, thousandfold. It is written as one word.
Suffix '-fold' अन्य संख्याओं के साथ भी लगता है: twofold, tenfold, thousandfold। इसे एक शब्द में लिखा जाता है।
- The population grew tenfold in a century.
- Her efforts brought a twofold benefit.
compare: -fold vs times as
A hundredfold increase equals an increase of a hundred times; -fold forms the adjective or adverb, while times as takes much/many.
'A hundredfold increase' का अर्थ सौ गुना वृद्धि है; '-fold' adjective या adverb बनाता है, जबकि 'times as' के साथ much/many आता है।
- The income is a hundred times as much as before.
- The income rose a hundredfold.
+Collocations 5
verb + hundredfold
increasemultiplygrowriserepay
- The village's income grew a hundredfold after the road was built.
hundredfold + noun
increaserisereturnprofitgrowth
- The company enjoyed a hundredfold rise in sales.
other -fold words
twofoldthreefoldtenfoldmanifoldthousandfold
- The danger has increased tenfold.
reward/result + hundredfold
blessingrewardharvestbenefitgain
- A good deed brings a hundredfold reward.
hundredfold + economy words
profityieldcroppopulationinvestment
- A hundredfold yield is rare in farming.
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- Radhika's kindness was returned to her a hundredfold when she needed help.
जब राधिका को मदद की ज़रूरत पड़ी तो उसकी दयालुता उसे सौ गुना होकर लौटी।
- The number of mobile users has grown nearly a hundredfold in two decades.
दो दशकों में मोबाइल उपयोगकर्ताओं की संख्या लगभग सौ गुना बढ़ गई है।
- The teacher said that sincere effort gives a hundredfold result.
शिक्षक ने कहा कि सच्चा परिश्रम सौ गुना परिणाम देता है।
- A hundredfold increase in rainfall caused the river to flood.
वर्षा में सौ गुना वृद्धि से नदी में बाढ़ आ गई।
- He repaid the loan a hundredfold through his generosity.
उसने अपनी उदारता से ऋण को सौ गुना चुकाया।
- Radhika's confidence grew a hundredfold after the speech.
भाषण के बाद राधिका का आत्मविश्वास सौ गुना बढ़ गया।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ The profits grew by hundredfold.
✓ The profits grew a hundredfold.
Do not use 'by' before the adverb hundredfold.
Adverb 'hundredfold' से पहले 'by' नहीं लगता।
§Grammar and usage
The adverb is usually used with a, as in increase a hundredfold.
Adverb के साथ आमतौर पर a प्रयोग होता है, जैसे increase a hundredfold।