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# eightfold

adjective and adverb (eightfold)

«eightfold» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Eight times as much or as many: «The price rose eightfold.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eightfold/#m1)
2. Having eight parts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eightfold/#m2)
3. (Buddhism) The Noble Eightfold Path is the Buddha's teaching of eight ways to live well: right view, right intention, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness and right concentration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eightfold/#m3)

### In the lessons

In religion lessons the Eightfold Path is shown as a wheel with eight spokes and is how Buddhists believe suffering can end. In maths «eightfold» means multiply by 8: if 5 grows eightfold, it becomes 40. Phrases: «the Noble Eightfold Path», «increase eightfold», «an eightfold rise».

### Examples

- Buddhists follow the Noble Eightfold Path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eightfold/#x1)
- The Eightfold Path is drawn as a wheel with eight spokes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eightfold/#x2)
- The number of visitors grew eightfold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eightfold/#x3)
- If 3 grows eightfold, you get 24. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eightfold/#x4)
- The Buddha taught the Eightfold Path after his enlightenment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eightfold/#x5)
- Our class made a poster of the eightfold path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eightfold/#x6)

### Note

One word. Like twofold, threefold, tenfold. Math trap: «grew eightfold» means «became 8 times as big», not «grew by 8».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «eightfold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eightfold/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«eightfold» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/eightfold.html) on Mova free.