noun
Meaning 1
A quantity or amount of eighty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fourscore
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈfɔːskɔː/
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num
Meaning 2
Eighty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
num
Meaning 3
A full-length life, reckoned as eighty years.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: three score and ten
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
being ten more than seventy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eighty, 80, lxxx
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and eight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eighty, 80, LXXX
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large integer
History
Etymology
From four + score.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: осемдесет (osemdeset) — eighty — see also eighty
- Catalan: vuitanta — eighty — see also eighty
- Dutch: tachtig — eighty — see also eighty
- French: quatre-vingts — eighty — see also eighty
- French: huitante — eighty — see also eighty
- German: achtzig — eighty — see also eighty
- Irish: cheithre fichid — eighty — see also eighty
- Spanish: ochenta — eighty — see also eighty
- Welsh: pedwar ugain — eighty — see also eighty