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If you are thinking of the word 'score' as a span of life, it is of biblical origin, Leviticus 12 and Psalms 90 which quotes 'there is a use of it that refers to a span of our lives' - 'the days of our years are three score years and ten'. Also borrowed by Shakespeare in Macbeth as 'Three score and ten I can remember well,' The span of life was then considered to be three score and ten, in other words 70 years
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How many years in 8 score and ten?
Eight score and ten is 170-years. A score equals twenty-years. The most famous use of the word score, is in the Gettysburg Address. Score is a slang term for a twenty-dollar bill.
What does four score and ten mean and where does the term 'score' come from?
Answer = 90.Four score and ten refers to years. A 'score' is twenty, so four of them would be 80, plus ten, it's 90. The term 'score' was used in the bible and in famous speeches. AnswerThe word score originates from Old English scoru"twenty," from Old Norse skor "mark, tally", in the sense of say, a shepherd making a mark on a tally stick when counting sheep. Its use in the Bible is simply that of a common word at the time of translation then falling into disuse though language change.
The term angel of deviation is used in reference to?
a prism
Where did term scores come from?
"Scores" means "groups of 20", just as "dozens" means "groups of 12". "Score" is ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root (s)ker-, meaning "to cut" (another English descendant is "shear"). English still uses the word "score" to refer to a notch or line made by a sharp instrument. Scores cut in wooden tally sticks were used in counting, a fact we still make unwitting reference to today when we talk about "keeping score". Sometime in the history of the Germanic languages, the word for the notch used to record the number 20 became a word for the number itself.
What does 2 score and 6 mean?
Score is an old English term meaning a group of twenty, so 2 score and 6 means 46 (20+20+6)
What term means twenty years?
score
What is a score in biblical times?
20 years in our current time is one score. Incidentally, this term has been used until relatively recently with Lincoln using the term 'four score' in the Gettysburg address, meaning 80 years.
How many years in 8 score and ten?
Eight score and ten is 170-years. A score equals twenty-years. The most famous use of the word score, is in the Gettysburg Address. Score is a slang term for a twenty-dollar bill.
What is the term for every twentieth year?
A score is 20 years.
What is a score in four score?
A score is 20 years. Four score is 80 years. Thank Abe Lincoln for bringing this wonderful term to us in a way that it keeps "hanging on" through generations that might have forgotten other old units of measure.
How much is four score in seven years?
87The term "score" refers to a unit of twenty years; four score, is 4 20s or 80 years, and 7, is 87 years. 87 years, prior to 1863 (the year the Gettysburg Address, was given.), was 1776, the year of the American Revolution.
What is four scores and seven years ago about?
That was just Lincoln trying to sound Biblical about the Declaration of Independence (1776) as he made the Gettysburg Address in 1863.
What does 4 score and 10 mean?
This question has been answered."90.A "score" is 20. Four score = 80The term "score" was a commonly-used Middle English word, from the Old English "scoru," which meant "twenty." More than likely this, in turn, came from the Norse skor.As a side note, the term "score" in this context was a common English term even in the early days of the USA; Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address includes the phrase, "Four score and 7 years ago." There is nothing inherently religious about it, except that the term is used often in the King James Version of the Bible.Biblically, the correct term is 'three-score years and ten' (Psalm 90: 10) suggesting that the normal lifespan in Biblical times was 70."
What does four score and ten mean and where does the term 'score' come from?
Answer = 90.Four score and ten refers to years. A 'score' is twenty, so four of them would be 80, plus ten, it's 90. The term 'score' was used in the bible and in famous speeches. AnswerThe word score originates from Old English scoru"twenty," from Old Norse skor "mark, tally", in the sense of say, a shepherd making a mark on a tally stick when counting sheep. Its use in the Bible is simply that of a common word at the time of translation then falling into disuse though language change.
What does 7 score mean?
Score is an old term meaning 20. Similarly, we still use dozen to mean 12 of anything. The most famouse example I know is when Abe Lincoln used "Four score and seven years ago" in a speech. It was a fancy way of saying 87 years. So 7 score of whatever you are counting would be 7x20=140 of them.
What is a period of 20 years called?
Twenty of anything is called a score. This can be years, eggs, cars, whatever. Although this term is still used and recognized, it is becoming antiquated. If you're looking for a stand alone word for 20 years (i.e. not including the word years) there isn't one, but a decade is 10 years, so you could say two decades. A bit more on score: Score is singular when used for a specific quantity and plural for indeterminate quantities, just like hundred, thousand, million, etc. For example: ten score cars went over the bridge; two hundred cars went over the bridge; scores of cars went over the bridge; hundreds of cars went over the bridge.
What is src for a gun?
No reference for that term
