score
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9.5
- noun
- /skɔr/
- Archaic
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- "Four score and seven years ago," our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation...
- two score
Examples
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"Four score and seven years ago "our fathers brought forth, on this continent..."
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"Well, there are nearly a score," said Malk, pointing to the group on the rock.
Fiction book (1990) -
- Four score and seven years ago...
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His father left him a score of lovely ladies.
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Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
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As it chugs along, the process repeats, and soon a score of identical sofas is in view.
Fiction book (1994) -
The marker reads: "Here near a score of unarmed recruits were shot August 21, 1863."
Academic text (2009) -
In the historical document, the phrase 'four score and seven years ago' refers to a time long before the present.
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The famous speech began with 'Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth a new nation founded on liberty.'
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In the story, a score of knights gathered at the king's castle to discuss important matters.
Idioms
- Informal
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4.9
Understand what really happens in a situation, often when it is bad
- Archaic
A way to say eighty-seven years ago, used by Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Gettysburg Address
Compounds
- Specialized
5
3.7
Written music that shows all the parts for singers and instruments on separate lines
- Specialized
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5.4
A quick test on a newborn to check heart rate, breathing, skin colour, muscle tone, and reflexes
- Archaic
1
9.9
Seventy years that people often use to mean a typical human lifespan
- Jargon
A number that compares weightlifting results for people with different body weights
Surface Forms
Etymology
A score meaning 'twenty' comes from old counting by marks and groups, where people put items into bundles called scores, so a score became a unit meaning twenty.