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Definition of 'Score'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) score
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or contest.

2.  score
the total points or strokes made by one side or competitor.

3.  score
the performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number or other symbol.

4.  score
a notch, scratch, or incision.

5.  score
a notch or mark for keeping an account or record.

6.  score
a reckoning or account so kept; tally.

7.  score
any account showing indebtedness.

8.  score
an amount recorded as due.

9.  score
a line drawn as a boundary, the starting point of a race, etc.

10.  score
a group or set of 20.

11.  score
scores, a great many.

12.  score
a reason, ground, or cause:
to complain on the score of low pay.

13.  score
Informal.

14.  score
the basic facts of a situation:
What's the score on Saturday's picnic?

15.  score
a successful move, remark, etc.

16.  score
a written or printed piece of music with the vocal and instrumental parts arranged on staves, one under the other.

17.  score
the music for a movie, play, or television show.

18.  score
Slang.

19.  score
a sexual conquest.

20.  score
a purchase or acquisition of illicit drugs.

21.  score
a successful robbery.

22.  score
the victim of a robbery or swindle.

23. (v.t.) score
to make, gain, or earn in a game, as points or hits.

24.  score
to get a score of.

25.  score
to have as a specified value in points:
Four aces score 100.

26.  score
to evaluate the responses a person has made on (a test or examination).

27.  score
Music.

28.  score
to orchestrate.

29.  score
to compose the music for (a movie, play, television show, etc.).

30.  score
to cut shallow ridges into (meat, fish, etc.), usu. in diamond patterns.

31.  score
to make notches, cuts, marks, or lines in or on.

32.  score
to keep a record of (points, items, etc.).

33.  score
to write down as a debt.

34.  score
to record as a debtor.

35.  score
to achieve or win:
The play scored a great success.

36.  score
Slang.

37.  score
to obtain (a drug) illicitly.

38.  score
to steal.

39.  score
to berate or censure.

40.  score
to crease (paper or cardboard) in order to facilitate bending.

41. (v.i.) score
to make, gain, or earn points, hits, etc., in a game or contest.

42.  score
to keep score, as of a game.

43.  score
to achieve an advantage or success.

44.  score
to make notches, cuts, lines, etc.

45.  score
to run up a score or debt.

46.  score
Slang.

47.  score
to succeed in finding a willing sexual partner.

48.  score
to purchase or obtain drugs illicitly.

Definition of 'Score'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) mark, grade, score
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
"she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"

2. (noun) score, musical score
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
"he studied the score of the sonata"

3. (noun) score
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
"the score was 7 to 0"

4. (noun) score
a set of twenty members
"a score were sent out but only one returned"

5. (noun) score, account
grounds
"don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"

6. (noun) score
the facts about an actual situation
"he didn't know the score"

7. (noun) score
an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
"add it to my score and I'll settle later"

8. (noun) score, scotch
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

9. (noun) grudge, score, grievance
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
"holding a grudge"; "settling a score"

10. (noun) score
the act of scoring in a game or sport
"the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"

11. (verb) sexual conquest, score
a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
"calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"

12. (verb) score, hit, tally, rack up
gain points in a game
"The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

13. (verb) score, nock, mark
make small marks into the surface of
"score the clay before firing it"

14. (verb) score, mark
make underscoring marks

15. (verb) score
write a musical score for

16. (verb) seduce, score, make
induce to have sex
"Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"

17. (verb) score
get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
"She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"

18. (verb) grade, score, mark
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
"grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"

Definition of 'Score'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) score
to get a point in a sport, competition, etc.
The basketball team scored twice in the first minute.; He scored two points for his answer.

2.  score
to achieve a particular level on a test or examination
I scored high/low in the oral exam.

3.  score
to achieve a good result
the battle in which the general scored his biggest success; I scored a couple of tickets to the game.

4. (noun) score
the total points for each side in a game
The score was 3 to 2.

5.  score
keep score
to record points
Who's keeping score?

6.  score
the written copy of a piece of music
the score for the movie

Definition of 'Score'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Score
a notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account

2. (noun) Score
an account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness

3. (noun) Score
account; reason; motive; sake; behalf

4. (noun) Score
the number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number

5. (noun) Score
a distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery

6. (noun) Score
a weight of twenty pounds

7. (noun) Score
the number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket

8. (noun) Score
a line drawn; a groove or furrow

9. (noun) Score
the original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts

10. (noun) Score
to mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch

11. (verb) Score
to mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash

12. (verb) Score
especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally

13. (verb) Score
to mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge

14. (verb) Score
to engrave, as upon a shield

15. (verb) Score
to make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game

16. (verb) Score
to write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9

Translation of 'Score'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the number of points, goals etc gained in a game, competition etc The cricket score is 59 for 3.
Afrikaans: telling	Arabic: عَدَد الأهْداف	Bulgarian: резултат
Brazilian: resultado	Czech: skóre, stav	German: die Punktzahl
Danish: resultat; stilling	Greek: βαθμολογία, σκορ	Spanish: tanteo, resultado
Estonian: seis, tulemus	Farsi: امتياز	Finnish: pistemäärä
French: score	Hebrew: תוֹצָאָה	Hindi: प्राप्तांक
Croatian: rezultat, broj bodova	Hungarian: pont(szám); gól(arány); (	Indonesian: skor
Icelandic: stigafjöldi; staða í leik	Italian: punteggio, risultato	Japanese: 得点
Korean: 득점	Lithuanian: rezultatas	Latvian: rezultāts (sportā u.tml.)
Malay: jaringan gol	Dutch: stand	Norwegian: skåre, testresultat, poen
Polish: wynik	Persian: امتياز	Pashto: پور، زخم، ټپ، نښه، شمېر،
Portuguese: resultado	Romanian: scor	Russian: счёт
Slovak: skóre, stav	Slovenian: rezultat	Serbian: rezultat
Swedish: [poäng]ställning	Thai: ทำแต้มได้ในการแข่งขัน	Turkish: oyun sonucu
Taiwanese: (比賽中)得分記錄	Ukrainian: рахунок, кількість очок	Urdu: نشان، پوائنٹ
Vietnamese: điểm số, bàn thắng	Chinese: （比赛中）得分记录
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