7 September 2015
manifold
[man-uh-fohld]
adjective
1. of many kinds; numerous and varied:
manifold duties.
2. having numerous different parts, elements, features, forms, etc.:
a manifold program for social reform.
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:
a manifold enemy.
noun
6. something having many different parts or features.
7. a copy or facsimile, as of something written, such as is made by manifolding.
8. any thin, inexpensive paper for making carbon copies on a typewriter.
9. Machinery. a chamber having several outlets through which a liquid or gas is distributed or gathered.
10. Philosophy. (in Kantian epistemology) the totality of discrete items of experience as presented to the mind; the constituents of a sensory experience.
11. Mathematics. a topological space that is connected and locally Euclidean.
Compare locally Euclidean space.
verb (used with object)
12. to make copies of, as with carbon paper.
Origin of manifold
Middle English, Old English
1000, before 1000; Middle English; Old English manigf (e) ald (adj.). See many, -fold
Related forms
manifoldly, adverb
manifoldness, noun
Synonyms
1. various, multitudinous. See many. 2. varied, divers, multifarious.
Antonyms
1. simple, single.
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Contemporary Examples
First, the Texas governor will have to explain away the manifold gaffes and failures from his last presidential campaign.
Can Rick Perry Get A Second Chance With GOP Voters In 2016
Myra Adams
March 28, 2014
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.
The Promise of Happiness After the Newtown Shooting
William Giraldi
January 26, 2013
But the accomplishments this group has managed to achieve in a very short time are manifold.
Newtown Six-Month Anniversary: The Victims Deserve More
Rob Cox
June 13, 2013
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Today’s quote
I get a kick out of being an outsider constantly. It allows me to be creative.
– Bill Hicks
On this day
7 September 1876 – birth of C.J. Dennis, Australian poet (Songs of a Sentimental Bloke). Died 22 June 1938.
7 September 1936 – birth of Charles Hardin Holley, otherwise known as Buddy Holly. 1950s rock star, famous for songs such as ‘Peggy Sue’ and ‘That’ll be the day’. Died in a plane crash on 3 February 1959 with other musicians, Richie Valens, J.P. ‘Big Bopper’ Richardson and the pilot, Roger Peterson. Their deaths were immortalised in the Don McLean song, ‘American Pie’, when he sang about the day the music died.
7 September 1978 – death of Keith Moon, British musician, drummer for ‘The Who’. Born 23 August 1946.