Score

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English

Noun

Score (plural Scores)
  1. The total number of points earned by a participant in a game.
    The player with the highest score is the winner.
  2. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
    The score is 8-1 although it's not even half-time!
    Pronunciation: "8-1" is pronounced "eight to one" or "eight one."
  3. Twenty, 20 (number).
    Some words have scores of meanings.
    • 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
      "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
  4. (music) One or more parts of a musical composition in a format indicating how the composition is to be played.
  5. (cricket) A presentation of how many runs a side has scored, and how many wickets have been lost.
    England had a score of 107 for 5 at lunch.
  6. (cricket) The number of runs scored by a batsman, or by a side, in either an innings or a match.
  7. subject
    • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 245e.
      Well, although we haven't discusse the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not <being>, we've done enough on that score.

Derived terms

Verb

Score (third-person singular simple present Scores, present participle scoring, simple past and past participle scored)

  1. (intransitive) To earn points in a game.
    Pelé scores again!
  2. (transitive) To earn (points) in a game.
    It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
  3. (intransitive) To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
    • 2004, Diane McGuinness, Early reading instruction: what science really tells up about how to teach readin
      At the end of first grade, the children scored 80 percent correct on this test, a value that remained unchanged through third grade.
  4. (intransitive) To record (the score) for a game or a match
  5. (transitive) To scratch (paper or cardboard) with a sharp implement to make it easier to fold.
  6. (transitive) To make fine, shallow lines with a sharp implement as cutting indications.
    The baker scored the cake so the servers would know where to slice it.
  7. (intransitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse.
    Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
  8. (transitive, slang) To acquire or gain.
    Did you score tickets for the concert?
  9. (intransitive) To obtain something desired.
  10. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Adverbs for Score

deftly; precisely; accurately; brilliantly; repeatedly; victoriously; creditably; overwhelmingly.

Thesaurus

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Pronunciation

Etymology

From the Old English scora, notch (and hence, a tally). (For twenty: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.)

Translations

Noun

number of points earned
twenty
book containing musical composition

Verb

(intransitive) to earn points in a game
(transitive) to earn points in a game
(transitive) to scratch paper
(transitive) to obtain drugs or sex

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

Score c. (singular definite Scoren, plural indefinite Scorer)

  1. score (number of points earned)

Inflection

    Inflection of Score
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative Score Scoren Scorer Scorerne
genitive Scores Scorens Scorers Scorernes

Verb

Score (imperative scor, infinitive at score, present tense scorer, past tense scorede, past participle er/har scoret)

  1. score
  2. land (to acquire; to secure)
  3. nick (Thesaurus:steal)
  4. pull (persuade (someone) to have sex with one)

Derived terms

Etymology

From English score.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /skoːrə/, [ˈsɡ̊oːɐ]

French

Noun

Score m. (plural Scores)

  1. score (in a sport, game)

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

Derived terms

Anagrams

Norwegian

Verb

Score (present tense scorer; past tense scora/scoret; past participle scora/scoret; present participle scorende; imperative scor)
Score (present tense scorer; past tense and past participle scora or scoret) (Bokmål)
Score (present tense scorar; past tense scora; past participle scora; infinitive passive scorast; present participle scorande; imperative Score/scor)(Nynorsk)

  1. score (to earn points in a game)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English score

Derived terms

References

  • “Score” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.
  • “Score” in The Ordnett Dictionary
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