threescore

C2+ Topic:Numbers & Quantity

Also spelled three-score

US /ˈθriˌskɔr/ UK /ˈθriːskɔː/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

num
archaic term for sixty

The old man had lived threescore years and seen many changes.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 num · archaic term for sixty sixty

Word family

Related forms score fourscoretwoscore

Etymology

A compound of three + score ('a group of twenty'), so 'three twenties' equals sixty; score is from Old English scoru, borrowed from Old Norse skor.

three Old English scoru Old English

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Topics

Numbers & Quantity Register & Style

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# threescore

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** num
**IPA (US):** /ˈθriˌskɔr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈθriːskɔː/

## Meanings
1. archaic term for sixty

## Examples
- The old man had lived threescore years and seen many changes.

## Synonyms
- sixty

## Related Forms
- score
- fourscore
- twoscore

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: three
- Root: scoru

## Etymology
A compound of three + score ('a group of twenty'), so 'three twenties' equals sixty; score is from Old English scoru, borrowed from Old Norse skor.

## AI Etymology
Threescore is a compound of three + score ('a group of twenty'), so 'three twenties' equals sixty; score is from Old English scoru, borrowed from Old Norse skor. Important recorded forms include three (Old English) and scoru (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers archaic term for sixty. The wider family includes related words such as score, fourscore, and twoscore.

## Topics
- Numbers & Quantity
- Register & Style

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