Score

[skɔː] or [skɔ]

Definition

(noun.) the act of scoring in a game or sport; 'the winning score came with less than a minute left to play'.

(noun.) the facts about an actual situation; 'he didn't know the score'.

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) a set of twenty members; 'a score were sent out but only one returned'.

(noun.) grounds; 'don't do it on my account'; 'the paper was rejected on account of its length'; 'he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful'.

(noun.) a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; 'the score was 7 to 0'.

(noun.) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally).

(noun.) an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); 'add it to my score and I'll settle later'.

(verb.) make underscoring marks.

(verb.) gain points in a game; 'The home team scored many times'; 'He hit a home run'; 'He hit .300 in the past season'.

(verb.) get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; 'She scored high on the SAT'; 'He scored a 200'.

(verb.) make small marks into the surface of; 'score the clay before firing it'.

(verb.) write a musical score for.

Typed by Aldo--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

(n.) An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.

(n.) Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.

(n.) The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number.

(n.) A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery.

(n.) A weight of twenty pounds.

(n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket.

(n.) A line drawn; a groove or furrow.

(n.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally.

(v. t.) To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge.

(v. t.) To engrave, as upon a shield.

(v. t.) To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.

(v. t.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.

(n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch.

Checked by Archie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Mark, incision, notch, furrow.[2]. Account, charge, bill, debt, reckoning.[3]. Reason, motive, ground, consideration, sake.[4]. Twenty.

v. a. [1]. Mark, notch, furrow, cut, scratch.[2]. Record, note, charge, set down, jot down.

Checker: Mandy

Definition

n. a mark or notch for keeping count: a line drawn: the number twenty once represented by a larger notch: a reckoning: a debt: the register of the various points of play in a game: account: reason: the original draught of a musical composition with all the parts or its transcript.—v.t. to mark with notches or lines: to furrow: to set down: to charge: to engrave: to braid: to note: to enter: to make points &c. in certain games.—v.i. to keep or to run up a score: to succeed in making points &c. in a game.—ns. Scōr′er one who keeps the marks in a game; Scōr′ing the act of one who or that which scores: a deep groove made by glacial action: the act of repeatedly bringing a racer and his rider to the starting-point so as to get a fair start.—Go off at score to make a spirited start; Pay off old scores to repay old grudges; Run up a score to run up a debt.

Typist: Portia

Examples

Checker: Wilbur

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