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twoscore

twoscore

9.9
Equal to the number forty
  • adjective
  • /ˈtuːˌskɔr/
  • Archaic
translation icon : cuarenta
  • The army boasted twoscore men ready for battle.

Examples

  • The book is twoscore pages long.

  • He had waited twoscore years to return to his homeland.

  • The document was written nearly twoscore generations ago.

  • He has twoscore years of experience in his field.

  • The bakery produced a twoscore of bread loaves for the community event.

  • The committee invited twoscore volunteers to help with the cleanup.

  • At the festival, there were twoscore colorful banners decorating the streets.

Synonyms

forty
vstwoscore
644 1.0

A number that is four times ten

states the same amount as two times twenty

Surface Forms

twoscore positive

Morphology

twoscore = two + score (semi-transparent) = two + score

Composition 'two' + 'score' is structurally clear, but the meaning of 'score' = 'twenty' is archaic/unfamiliar to many learners.

Etymology

Twoscore is made of two and score, and score once meant 'twenty'. So twoscore is 'two times twenty', which is forty, and that is why it means forty.