Pronunciations (7)
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/skɔː/
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/skoɹ/
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/sko(ː)ɹ/
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/skoə/
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skɔː
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skɔɹ
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sko(ː)ɹ
Noun
The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
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The player with the highest score is the winner.
The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
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The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
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The test scores for this class were high.
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The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting the role of environmental factors instead.
Twenty (20).
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch.
Twenty (20). A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
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At Markes full fortie score they vs'd to Prick and Roue.
Twenty (20). A weight of twenty pounds.
Twenty (20). A period of twenty years.
Twenty (20). Twenty pounds sterling.
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DEVLIN:You know the apple and core. Head might cost you a score, or more if you want a meat show on all fours.
A great deal; many, several.
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Some words have scores of meanings.
An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
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Use a few “introductory plays” to become known to a casino before you go for a big score.
The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
The music of a movie or play.
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Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.
A subject.
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Well, although we haven't discussed the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not [being], we've done enough on that score.
An account; a reason; a motive; a sake; a behalf.
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But left the trade, as many more / Have lately done on the same score.
You act your kindneſs on Cydaria’s ſcore.
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The local village priest is expected to pass through the Holi bonfire, which, in the opinion of the faithful, cannot burn him. Indeed he holds his land rent-free simply on the score of his being fire-proof.
A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
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Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used.
An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
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He parted well, and paid his score.
A criminal act, especially: A robbery.
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Let's pull a score!
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Batman: Dangerous crowd you're stealing from. Catwoman: Jesus. Is this how you get your kicks, hon? Sneaking up on girls in the dark? Batman: Is that why you work in the club? It was all just a score?
A criminal act, especially: A bribe paid to a police officer.
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A criminal act, especially: An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
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He made a big score.
A criminal act, especially: A prostitute's client.
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A sexual conquest.
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Ah, who gives a shit? The only score I'm interested in is the one I might make if some foxy chicks start pilin' outta there.
In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.
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Above the harbour, steeply up the hill, run The Bolts, narrow stepped passages, equivalent of The Scores of Lowestoft and The Rows of Great Yarmouth.
A document which systematically lists differences among compiled manuscripts of a source text.
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Robson counted 92 exemplars of Gilgamesh and Huwawa A and 59 of Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld (“Tablet House,” 54). Since that time, several joins have reduced the number of distinct copies, so that Delnero’s score for Gilgamesh and Huwawa A now includes 85 total, mostly of the Type III extract category (Variation in Sumerian Literary Compositions: A Case Study Based on the Decad, University of Pennsylvania Ph.D., 2006).
Verb
To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
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A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].
The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
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To obtain something desired.
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"Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it."
In the past decade gay people have scored a number of significant advances.
To obtain something desired. To earn points in a game.
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It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
Pelé scores again!
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And White Hart Lane was stunned when Rovers scored just five minutes after the restart in front of their away following.
To obtain something desired. To achieve academic credit on a test, quiz, homework, assignment, or course.
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No, Butthead, that's my point. You didn't score. You got a zero.
At the end of first grade, the children scored 80 percent correct on this test, a value that remained unchanged through third grade.
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Intelligence is heritable, and for a long time, researchers assumed that people with high IQ scores would have kids who also scored above average.
To obtain something desired. To win money by gambling.
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[…] he scored big by hitting the jack pot at the Bellagio (he won $7,000). The next day, he won $15,000 on the nickel machines at the Palm Casino!
To obtain something desired. To acquire or gain.
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I scored some drugs last night.
Did you score tickets for the concert?
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What am I doing in this place? / Why does the doctor have no face? / Oh, I can't crawl across the floor / Ah, can't you see, Sister Morphine, I'm trying to score
I jump up, bubble up, what's in store? / Love is the drug and I need to score
To obtain something desired. To extract a bribe.
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- of a police officer
To obtain something desired. To obtain a sexual favor.
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Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
Gotta find a chick who'll give you more / Well, there's a spot that I've discovered / Where a guy's guaranteed to score
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A red-blooded American male who once scored with reality TV stars, he [Sean Duffy] is now a devoted dad with his own chicken coop and beehives, publicly pledging his commitment to his wife and their old Chrysler minivan.
To rate; to evaluate the quality of.
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Critics scored the game 92%.
[…] this was the case for most students, who scored it highly (medians of 4 with many scores of 5) […]
To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
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Godfather II is nothing like ready. It is not yet scored, and thus not mixed. There remain additional shooting, looping, editing.
Robertson scored several of Scorsese’s films, including Raging Bull, Casino, The Wolf of Wall Street and The Irishman.
To return (a horse and rider) to the starting-point repeatedly, until a fair start is achieved.
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[…] and the scoring for a start by these "inferior" horses would kill a thoroughbred. As an instance, in the 2:27 race at Cleveland, last summer, twelve horses scored seventeen times before they got a fair start.
Interjection
An acknowledgement of success.
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Noun
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
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she made good marks in algebra
grade A milk
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what was your score on your homework?
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
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he studied the score of the sonata
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
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the score was 7 to 0
a set of twenty members
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a score were sent out but only one returned
grounds
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don't do it on my account
the paper was rejected on account of its length
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he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful
the facts about an actual situation
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he didn't know the score
an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
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add it to my score and I'll settle later
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
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a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
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holding a grudge
settling a score
the act of scoring in a game or sport
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the winning score came with less than a minute left to play
a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
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calling his seduction of the girl a ‘score’ was a typical example of male slang
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gain points in a game
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The home team is racking up points
make small marks into the surface of
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score the clay before firing it
make underscoring marks
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write a musical score for
induce to have sex
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Harry finally seduced Sally
Did you score last night?
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Harry made Sally
get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
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She scored high on the SAT
He scored a 200
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
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grade tests
score the SAT essays
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mark homework