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score
(sk/oU/r )

noun (n)

  • a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    What was your score on your homework?.
    Synonym:
    grade, mark
    source: wordnet30
  • a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages(noun.communication)
    Example:
    He studied the score of the sonata.
    Synonym:
    musical score
    source: wordnet30
  • a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest(noun.quantity)
    Example:
    The score was 7 to 0.
    source: wordnet30
  • a set of twenty members(noun.group)
    Example:
    A score were sent out but only one returned.
    source: wordnet30
  • grounds(noun.motive)
    Example:
    He tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful.
    Synonym:
    account
    source: wordnet30
  • the facts about an actual situation(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    He didn't know the score.
    source: wordnet30
  • an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)(noun.state)
    Example:
    Add it to my score and I'll settle later.
    source: wordnet30
  • a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)(noun.shape)
    Synonym:
    scotch
    source: wordnet30
  • a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation(noun.feeling)
    Example:
    Settling a score.
    Synonym:
    grievance, grudge
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of scoring in a game or sport(noun.act)
    Example:
    The winning score came with less than a minute left to play.
    source: wordnet30
  • a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse(noun.act)
    Example:
    Calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang.
    Synonym:
    sexual conquest
    source: wordnet30
  • A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • gain points in a game(verb.competition)
    Example:
    The home team scored many times.
    Synonym:
    hit, rack up, tally
    source: wordnet30
  • make small marks into the surface of(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Score the clay before firing it.
    Synonym:
    mark, nock
    source: wordnet30
  • make underscoring marks(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    mark
    source: wordnet30
  • write a musical score for(verb.creation)
    source: wordnet30
  • induce to have sex(verb.contact)
    Example:
    Did you score last night?.
    Synonym:
    make, seduce
    source: wordnet30
  • get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance(verb.competition)
    Example:
    She scored high on the SAT.
    He scored a 200.
    source: wordnet30
  • assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    Score the SAT essays.
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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