fourscore

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fourscore

Fourscore years ago, our forefathers brought forth a new nation.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Being ten more than seventy; equal to eighty: A formal or literary term meaning exactly eighty, often used in historical or poetic contexts.

  2. Noun:

    • The cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight; the number 80: The quantity represented by the numeral 80.
    • A set of eighty items: Can refer to a group of eighty things.
    • Eighty years of age: An archaic term for a lifespan or period of eighty years.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The treaty was signed fourscore years ago. (The treaty was signed eighty years ago.)
    • He lived to be fourscore years old. (He lived to be eighty years old.)

  • Noun:

    • The total came to fourscore. (The total came to eighty.)
    • "Fourscore and seven years ago..." is the famous beginning of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. (Eighty-seven years ago...)
Advanced Usage
  • Historical/Literary Use: The word is now considered archaic and is primarily found in historical documents, speeches, religious texts, or poetic language to lend a formal, solemn, or old-fashioned tone.
    • The prophecy spoke of a peace lasting fourscore seasons.
  • Used with "and": Commonly appears in the construction "fourscore and [number]" (e.g., fourscore and seven, meaning 87).
    • The elder was fourscore and ten. (The elder was ninety.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Score (noun): A group or set of twenty. "Fourscore" literally means four times twenty.
    • Three score years and ten is a biblical phrase meaning a typical human lifespan of seventy years.
  • Eightieth (adjective): Constituting number eighty in a sequence.
    • This is the eightieth anniversary.
  • Octogenarian (noun): A person who is between 80 and 89 years old.
    • The community honored its octogenarians.
Synonyms
  • Eighty (adj., n.): The standard modern term for the number 80.
  • Four times twenty (phrase): A descriptive synonym highlighting the etymology.
Related Phrases
  • Fourscore and seven: A famous phrase from Abraham Lincoln, meaning eighty-seven.
  • Fourscore years: A poetic way to say eighty years, often implying a long lifespan.
    • He was blessed with fourscore years of health.
fourscore

Fourscore years ago, our forefathers brought forth a new nation.

Adjective
  1. being ten more than seventy
Noun
  1. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight

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