twoscore

• Устаревший термин, означающий 'сорок' (два раза по двадцать). Редко используется в современном английском, за исключением исторического или библейского контекста.

An archaic term meaning 'forty' (two score). It is rarely used in modern English outside of historical or biblical contexts.

1. Forty in numberC2formal

   Being ten more than thirty; forty.

   Сорок

   • The ancient text mentioned a period of twoscore years.
   • He lived for twoscore and ten years, as the old saying goes.
   • The army numbered twoscore thousand soldiers.

   Synonymsforty