score
Meaning
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- 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.
- An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
- A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
- A weight of twenty pounds.
- The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
- The music of a movie or play.
- Subject.
- Account; reason; motive; sake; 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.
- (slang) a criminal act, especially:
- (slang) a criminal act, especially:
- (slang) a criminal act, especially:
- (slang) a criminal act, especially:
- (slang) A sexual conquest.
- In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
Synonyms
musical score
sexual conquest
number of items
score a goal
mark of distinction
true statement
competition for school marks
keeping score
points made
marks obtained
military achievements
gain a point
glacial striae
marking off
kick a ball into the goal
package of 20 pieces of cloth
shoot the ball into the goal
final tally
six points
line score
laying-out
aptitude score
marking out
glacial striation
scratch marks
layout liner
marking-on
net the ball
captivate
denounce
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/skɔː/
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.
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