billionfold
English
Adjective
billionfold (not comparable)
- A billion times so
- a billionfold dilution
- a billionfold increase
Adverb
billionfold (not comparable)
- In a billionfold way; by a billion degrees; on a scale of a billion
- multiply something a billionfold
- magnify something a billionfold
- it is a billionfold heavier than something else
Usage notes
Both the adjective and the adverb are often used as hyperbole, indicating not literally a billion, but rather some vague inestimable large number or amount.
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