plural of score
"She found scores of old photographs tucked away in the attic trunk."
In plain English: Scores are large numbers used to show how well someone did at something.
"He has scores of friends from his college days."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of score
"The quarterback scores a touchdown on his next play."
In plain English: To score means to get points during a game or competition.
"The new school scores well in reading and math tests every year."
many, several
"After the storm passed, scores of birds returned to their nests in the trees."
Derived from Old Norse skor meaning a notch or mark, scores originally referred to tally marks used in scoring games before evolving into its modern plural form of score. The verb sense implies cutting or dividing, while the noun retains the concept of counting points via such notches.