Definition of SCORE

score

Plural: score, scores

Noun

  • a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
    • "what was your score on your homework?"
  • 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"
  • a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
    • "the score was 7 to 0"
  • a set of twenty members
    • "a score were sent out but only one returned"
  • grounds
    • "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"
  • the facts about an actual situation
    • "he didn't know the score"
  • an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
    • "add it to my score and I'll settle later"
  • a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
  • a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
    • "settling a score"
  • the act of scoring in a game or sport
    • "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
  • a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
    • "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"
  • The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
  • The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
  • The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A criminal act, especially:
  • A bribe paid to a police officer.
  • A criminal act, especially:
  • An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
  • 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.

Verb

Verb Forms: scored, scoring, scores

  • To achieve a point or points in a game or contest.
  • gain points in a game
    • "The home team scored many times"
  • make small marks into the surface of
    • "score the clay before firing it"
  • make underscoring marks
  • write a musical score for
  • induce to have sex
    • "Did you score last night?"
  • get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
    • "She scored high on the SAT"
    • "He scored a 200"
  • assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
    • "score the SAT essays"
  • To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • To obtain something desired.
  • To extract a bribe.
  • To obtain something desired.
  • To obtain a sexual favor.
  • To rate; to evaluate the quality of.
  • 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.

Intj

  • An acknowledgement of success.

Examples

  • Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
  • Critics scored the game 92%.
  • Did you score tickets for the concert?
  • He made a big score.
  • I scored some drugs last night.
  • It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
  • Let's pull a score!
  • Pelé scores again!
  • Some words have scores of meanings.
  • The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
  • The player with the highest score is the winner.
  • The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
  • The test scores for this class were high.
  • The ultimate goal in Scrabble is to SCORE as many points as possible.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

account, grade, grievance, grudge, hit, make, mark, musical score, nock, rack up, scotch, seduce, sexual conquest, tally, come by, earn, groove, keep, notch, obtain, prostitute's client, pull, receive, shake down, soundtrack

Scrabble Score: 7

score: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
score: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
score: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

score: valid Words With Friends Word