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Score

skɔː

Score definitions
noun
  1. the number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual

    "the final score was 4–3 to Royston"

    • an act of gaining a goal or point in a game
    • a rating or grade, such as a mark achieved in a test

      "an IQ score of 161"

    • the state of affairs; the facts about the present situation

      "‘What's wrong Simon? What's the score?’"

  2. a group or set of twenty or about twenty

    "a score of men lost their lives in the battle"

    • a large number of people or things

      "he sent scores of enthusiastic letters to friends"

  3. a written representation of a musical composition showing all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged one below the other
    • the music composed for a film or play

      "a film score"

  4. a notch or line cut or scratched into a surface

    "check the shaft for scratches and scores"

    • a running account kept by marks against a customer's name, typically in a public house
  5. an act of buying illegal drugs

    "she made her first score from a dealer in Times Square"

    • the proceeds of a crime

      "when an opportunity arises to make a big score off a robbery, he jumps a bit too eagerly at the chance"

verb
score scored scores scoring
  1. gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game

    "McCartney scored a fine goal"

    • decide on the score to be awarded to (a competitor)

      "the judge must score each dog and handler against this standard"

    • be worth (a number of points)

      "a yes answer scores ten points"

    • decide on the scores to be awarded in (a match or competition)

      "the three judges each scored the bout 100–86 for the Panamanian"

    • record the score during a game; act as scorer

      "the important thing is to score neatly"

    • cause (a teammate) to score

      "Abe Herbst singled, scoring Norman and Lang"

  2. orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments

    "the Quartet Suite was scored for flute, violin, viola da gamba, and continuo"

    • compose the music for (a film or play)

      "he'd previously scored the first and fifth films"

  3. cut or scratch a notch or line on (a surface)

    "score the card until you cut through"

    • delete text by drawing a line through it
    • record (a total owed) by making marks against a customer's name

      "a slate on which the old man scored up vast accounts"

  4. secure (a success or an advantage)

    "the band scored a hit single"

    be successful be a success achieve success win triumph make an impression have an impact go down well get an enthusiastic reception
    • buy or acquire (something, typically illegal drugs)

      "Sally had scored some acid"

    • succeed in attracting a sexual partner for a casual encounter

      "he thought he could score with women by telling crude jokes"

  5. examine (experimentally treated cells, bacterial colonies, etc.), making a record of the number showing a particular character

    "the aim should be to score between fifty and one hundred mitotic cells"