score.
The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
Meaning & usage
The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
The player with the highest score is the winner.
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 even though it's not even half-time!
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
The test scores for this class were high.
Twenty (20).
Twenty (20). A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
Twenty (20). A weight of twenty pounds.
Twenty (20). A period of twenty years.
Twenty (20). Twenty pounds sterling.
A great deal; many, several.
Some words have scores of meanings.
An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
The music of a movie or play.
A subject.
An account; a reason; a motive; a sake; a behalf.
A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
A criminal act, especially: A robbery.
Let's pull a score!
A criminal act, especially: A bribe paid to a police officer.
A criminal act, especially: An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
He made a big score.
A criminal act, especially: A prostitute's client.
A sexual conquest.
In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
A document which systematically lists differences among compiled manuscripts of a source text.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear. For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.
To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
To obtain something desired.
To obtain something desired. To earn points in a game.
It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
Pelé scores again!
To obtain something desired. To achieve academic credit on a test, quiz, homework, assignment, or course.
To obtain something desired. To win money by gambling.
To obtain something desired. To acquire or gain.
I scored some drugs last night.
Did you score tickets for the concert?
To obtain something desired. To extract a bribe.
To obtain something desired. To obtain a sexual favor.
Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
To rate; to evaluate the quality of.
Critics scored the game 92%.
To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
To return (a horse and rider) to the starting-point repeatedly, until a fair start is achieved.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear. For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.
An acknowledgement of success.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear. For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.
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