score Definition
score (skôr)
noun
- a scratch, mark, incision, etc. scores made on ice by skates
- a line drawn or scratched, often to mark a starting point, etc.
- notches made in wood, marks made as with chalk, etc., to keep tally or account
- an amount or sum due; account; debt
- a grievance or wrong one seeks to settle or get even for
- anything offered as a reason or motive; ground on the score of poverty
- the number of points made in a game or contest by a player or team, or the record of these points
- a grade or rating, as on a test or examination
- a number indicative of quality, usually based on an arbitrary scale in which 100 means perfection in certain specified characteristics 92 score butter
- twenty people or things; set of twenty
- very many
- Informal a successful move, stroke, remark, etc.
- ☆ Informal
- the way that life or a certain situation really is; real facts
- the pertinent facts; lowdown
- Slang the victim of a swindle; mark
- Slang the act of getting or stealing, as drugs
- Dancing notation used to indicate dancers' movements, as in a ballet
- Music
- a written or printed copy of a composition, showing all the parts for the instruments or voices
- the music for a stage production, film, etc., esp. as distinguished from the lyrics, dialogue, etc.
Etymology: ME < OE scoru < ON skor < IE base *(s)ker-, to cut > shear
transitive verb scored, scor′·ing
- to mark with notches, scratches, cuts, lines, etc.
- to crease or partly cut (cardboard, paper, etc.) for accurate folding or tearing
- to cancel or mark out by lines drawn: with out
- to mark with lines or notches in keeping account
- to keep account of by or as by lines or notches; reckon; tally; mark
- to make (runs, hits, goals, etc.) in a game and so add to one's number of points
- to count toward the number of points a touchdown scores 6
- to record or enter the score of
- to record or add (points) to one's score
- ☆ Baseball to bring (a runner) home as by getting a hit
- to get by effort or merit; gain to score a resounding success
- to grade (an examination, etc.); rate or evaluate, as in testing
- to get (a specified grade) on a test
- to raise welts on by lashing
- ☆ to criticize severely; upbraid
- Slang to get or steal (drugs, money, etc.)
- Cooking to cut superficial gashes in (meat, etc.)
- Music, Dancing to orchestrate, arrange, or write out in a score
Etymology: ME scoren
intransitive verb
- to make a point or points, as in a game
- to keep the score, as of a game
- to be rated by one's score on a test
- to gain an advantage
- to win or enjoy credit, popularity, success, etc.
- to make notches, lines, gashes, etc.
- Slang to have sexual intercourse
score Related Forms
score Synonyms
score
n.
A tally
stock, counterstock, countertally, reckoning, record, average, rate, account, count, number. The total of the scores, sense 1
summation, aggregate, sum, addition, summary, amount, final tally, final account; see also number 1, whole.Written music
transcript, arrangement, orchestration; see arrangement 5, composition, music 1.
know the score*
score Synonyms
score
v.
To make a single score
make a goal, gain a point, win a point, rack up*, chalk up*. To compute the score
To damage
To compose a musical accompaniment
orchestrate, arrange, adapt; see arrange 3, compose 3.*To purchase legally or illegally
*To copulate
have intercourse with, sleep with, lie with, fornicate; see copulate.
SCORE Finance Definition
score Usage Examples
Object
- goal: They've scored just three goals in five League outings - all three coming in the first half.
- hat-trick: Round five England 43 - 22 Scotland Jamie Noon scored a hat-trick as England emerged victorious from a stuttering campaign.
- equalizer: A long pass through to Cook gave him the space he needed and having side stepped the defense he scored the equalizer.
- victory: Ahead of all this, Lindley scored a fine victory, extending his winning margin to almost seven seconds with a classy display.
- try: On a fine Webb Ellis surface, Rugby then scored three more tries in the final 10 minutes of the first half.
- point: Scoring You score a point for each guess word your team gets correct during your turn.
Converse of object
- assign: Each positive test assigns a weighted score to the incoming message.
- achieve: He is motivated to achieve high scores - even aiming for 100 % at each session.
Adjective modifier
- overall: The overall zetoc usage score in Table 2 is 7.8.
- orchestral: In 1953 J. Arthur Rank commissioned Whettam to write the orchestral score for the internationally renowned film " Genevieve " .
- musical: To make the publication more helpful each song is preceded by its musical score.
- final: He also needs to be told his final score.
- average: The average score for the librarians in the sample was 5.2.
- maximum: The maximum score that could be achieved was 35.
Modifies a noun
sheet: They were all there on the score sheet, they were all worthy of credit.
Noun used with modifier
- credit: Credit scores help lenders decide whether to lend to you.
- autograph: Sketches, fragments and fair copies of compositions and adaptations by Henry Aldrich; autograph scores; English, late 17th century.
- deprivation: In addition to a wide range of general statistics, the deprivation scores from the Noble research are available on the GIS.
Preposition: with
Browse dictionary entries near score
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- ‹ scorched earth policy
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- ‹ -scopy
- ‹ scopula
- ‹ scopolamine
- ‹ -scope
- ‹ scope of employment
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