Definitions for manifold

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manifold man·i·fold

Spelling: [man-uh-fohld]

IPA: /ˈmæn əˌfoʊld/

Manifold is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 325 anagrams from letters in manifold (adfilmno).

Definitions for manifold

noun

1. something having many different parts or features.
2. a copy or facsimile, as of something written, such as is made by manifolding.
3. any thin, inexpensive paper for making carbon copies on a typewriter.
4. Machinery. a chamber having several outlets through which a liquid or gas is distributed or gathered.
5. Philosophy. (in Kantian epistemology) the totality of discrete items of experience as presented to the mind; the constituents of a sensory experience.
6. Mathematics. a topological space that is connected and locally Euclidean. Compare locally Euclidean space.

adjective

1. of many kinds; numerous and varied:
2. having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.:
3. using, functioning with, or operating several similar or identical devices at the same time.
4. (of paper business forms) made up of a number of sheets interleaved with carbon paper.
5. being such or so designated for many reasons:

verb (used with object)

1. to make copies of, as with carbon paper.

Origin of manifold

before 1000; Middle English; Old English manigf(e)ald (adj.). See many, -fold

Examples for manifold

But the accomplishments this group has managed to achieve in a very short time are manifold.

My first son was about to be born, and I was terrified that my manifold inadequacies as a man would sabotage my success as a dad.

She answered me as follows: 'There is poetry, which, as you know, is complex and manifold.

We mean the integrity of impression made by manifold natural objects.

manifold the wonders,” said Sophocles, “nothing towers more wondrous than man!

And you think that with all your manifold advantages you're a happier man than me.

The difficulties of introducing a sportsman-like ideal have been manifold.

Tributes to Barzun, who authored a massive shelf full of books from 1932-2004, will and have been manifold.

First, the Texas governor will have to explain away the manifold gaffes and failures from his last presidential campaign.

His weaknesses were manifold, but, on the whole, of a negative kind.