Threescore
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθɹiskɔɹ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Threescore is a noun meaning (archaic) Sixty (60).
Meaning
(archaic) Sixty (60).
Example Sentences
Words cannot picture her; but all men know That solemn sketch the pure sad artist wrought Three centuries and threescore years ago
And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand, and seuen hundred and threescore, very able men for the worke of the seruice of the house of God.
We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
Word Forms
- threescores
Synonyms for threescore
Depending on context, synonyms include cardinal, sixty, lx.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lx, cardinal, sixty, eightscore, twoscore, sevenscore.
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