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tens of times; dozens of times as much
a multiplier roughly in the range of ten to ninety-nine times, used to express a large but imprecise difference in scale
処理速度が数十倍になった。
The processing speed increased by dozens of times.
都心の地価は郊外の数十倍だ。
Land prices in the city center are dozens of times higher than in the suburbs.
インターネットの普及により、情報の伝達速度は以前の数十倍に達している。
With the spread of the internet, the speed of information transmission has reached dozens of times what it was before.
Composed of 数 (several) + 十 (ten) + 倍 (times/fold). Part of a productive pattern: 数 + counter creates approximate numbers (数十 = tens of, 数百 = hundreds of, 数千 = thousands of). Adding 倍 expresses multiples. Commonly used in news, technology, and business contexts to describe dramatic increases.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 数十倍になる: to become dozens of times greater
- 数十倍の差: a difference of dozens of times
- 数十倍に増える: to increase by dozens of times
RELATED TERMS:
- 数倍: several times — a smaller multiplier
- 数百倍: hundreds of times — a larger multiplier
- 何倍: how many times — question form