manifold
Part of speech: adj
adv
noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: computer-graphics
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engineering
mathematics
mechanical-engineering
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media
natural-sciences
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sciences
Etymology: From Middle English manifold, from Old English maniġfeald (“manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous, abundant, plural”), from Proto-Germanic *managafalþaz, equivalent to many + -fold. Cognate with Middle High German manecvalt (“manifold”), Icelandic margfaldr (“multiple”). Compare also German mannigfaltig (“various”), Dutch menigvoudig (“various”), Danish mangefold (“multiple”), Swedish mångfald (“diversity”).
Base: many
Affixes: -fold
Inflected forms:
form: more manifold
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most manifold
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: manyfold
pos: adj
tags: alternative
form: more manifold
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most manifold
pos: adv
tags: superlative
form: manyfold
pos: adv
tags: alternative
form: manifolds
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: manyfold
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: manifolds
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: manifolding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: manifolded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: manifolded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: manyfold
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Various in kind, quality, or manifestation; diverse.
pos: adj
examples: The manifold meanings of the English word set are infamous among lexicographers.
[E]ch man as he receyuede grace, mynistringe ‘it in to ech other, as goode dispenderes of the manyfolde grace of God.
To the intent that now vnto the principalities and powers in heauenly places, might be knowen by the church, the manifold wisedome of God, […]
gloss: Many in number; numerous.
pos: adj
examples: And although we be vnworthy (through our manyfolde ſynnes) to offre vnto thee any Sacryfice: Yet we beſeche thee to accepte thys our bounden duetie and ſeruice: and commande theſe our prayers and ſupplicacions, by the Miniſtery of thy holy Angels, to be brought vp into thy holy Tabernacle before the ſyght of thy dyuine maieſtie: […]
gloss: Complicated.
pos: adj
gloss: Many times; repeatedly.
pos: adv
examples: when his daughter deare he does behold, / Her dearely doth imbrace, and kisseth manifold.
It was found necessary to clear the entire piers from the mass of onlookers, or else the fatalities of the night would have been increased manifold.
gloss: A copy made by the manifold writing process.
pos: noun
tags: historical
gloss: A pipe fitting or similar device that connects multiple inputs and outputs.
pos: noun
gloss: The third stomach of a ruminant animal, an omasum.
pos: noun
tags: US
dialectal
in-plural
examples: My conjecture being right he will find the third stomach, or manifolds, the seat of difficulty.
gloss: A Hausdorff topological space that looks locally like the "ordinary" Euclidean space ℝⁿ.
pos: noun
gloss: A polygon mesh representing the continuous, closed surface of a solid object
pos: noun
gloss: To make manifold; multiply.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To multiply or reproduce impressions of by a single operation.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: various
varied
multiplicitous
numerous
countless
eighty-eleven
eleventeen
eleventy
feelefold
fifty-eleven
forty-eleven
manifold
many
manyfold
morefold
multiplicate
multiplied
ninety-eleven
numbersome
seventy-eleven
several
sixty-eleven
thirty-eleven
twenty-eleven
umpteen
umpty-ump
uncountable
Antonyms: onefold
singlefold
Related words: a lot
lot
uncountably
Derived words: Manifold Heights
manifolder
manifoldly
manifoldness
blackfold
Calabi-Yau manifold
chain of manifolds
conifold
continuous manifoldness
discontinuous manifoldness
inlet manifold
intake manifold
manifold writer
manifold writing
maniverter
micromanifold
neuromanifold
nilmanifold
non-manifold
nonmanifold
orbifold
pseudomanifold
solvmanifold
supermanifold
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