score

Meaning

Noun

1. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
2. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
3. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
4. Twenty (20).
5. Twenty (20).
6. Twenty (20).
7. Twenty (20).
8. (British, slang) Twenty (20).
9. (in-plural, often) A great deal; many, several.
10. An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
11. The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
12. The music of a movie or play.
13. A subject.
14. An account; a reason; a motive; a sake; a behalf.
15. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
16. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
17. (US, slang) A criminal act, especially:
18. (US, slang) A criminal act, especially:
19. (US, slang) A criminal act, especially:
20. (US, slang) A criminal act, especially:
21. (slang, vulgar) A sexual conquest.
22. (UK, regional) In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
23. A document which systematically lists differences among compiled manuscripts of a source text.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
2. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
3. (ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.
4. (ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.
5. (ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.
6. (ambitransitive) To obtain something desired.
7. (ambitransitive, slang) To obtain something desired.
8. (US, ambitransitive, slang) To obtain something desired.
9. (ambitransitive, slang, vulgar) To obtain something desired.
10. (transitive) To rate; to evaluate the quality of.
11. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
12. (ambitransitive) To return (a horse and rider) to the starting-point repeatedly, until a fair start is achieved.

Intj

An acknowledgement of success.

Synonyms

mark

grade

twenty

tally

hit

notch

point

cut

attain

find

🔍

run across

strike

run up against

catch

encounter

scratch

points

make

get

sheet music

musical score

achieve

account

scoring

seduce

arrive at

result

rack up

number

🔢

nock

reach

scotch

succeed

incise

grudge

count

🔢

accomplish

runs

brand

results

reckoning

arrangement

rule

beat

obtain

clutch

check

manage

line

animadvert

Translations

score

marquer

punteggio

segnare

note

partition

🅰️

marque

marcar

Partitur

marcare

spartito

partitura

partitura

Spielstand

treffen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/skɔː/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: score

Inherited from Old English: scoru

Cognate with Icelandic: skora

Cognate with Swedish: skåra

Cognate with Danish: skår

In summary

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.

Sentences

In surprise finish , the final score was seven to five .