How to pronounce fourscore
American English pronunciation
FOR-skor
- IPA
- /ˈfɔɹskɔɹ/
- Syllables
- FOR · skor (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What fourscore means
The number eighty, counted as four twenties
In a sentence: The old storyteller said the oak had stood for fourscore years, longer than anyone could remember.
Where it comes from: It is four plus score, an old word for a group of twenty.
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