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score

/sk/oU/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

    noun.cognition

    Examples
    What was your score on your homework?
    Synonyms grade mark

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages

    noun.communication

    Examples
    He studied the score of the sonata.
    Synonyms musical score

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest

    noun.quantity

    Examples
    The score was 7 to 0.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. a set of twenty members

    noun.group

    Examples
    A score were sent out but only one returned.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. grounds

    noun.motive

    Examples
    He tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful.
    Synonyms account

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. the facts about an actual situation

    noun.cognition

    Examples
    He didn't know the score.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)

    noun.state

    Examples
    Add it to my score and I'll settle later.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun.shape

    Synonyms scotch

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  9. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

    noun.feeling

    Examples
    Settling a score.
    Synonyms grievance grudge

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  10. the act of scoring in a game or sport

    noun.act

    Examples
    The winning score came with less than a minute left to play.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  11. a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse

    noun.act

    Examples
    Calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang.
    Synonyms sexual conquest

    Source: WordNet 3.0

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

    noun

    Source: webster1913

verb

  1. gain points in a game

    verb.competition

    Examples
    The home team scored many times.
    Synonyms hit rack up tally

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. make small marks into the surface of

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Score the clay before firing it.
    Synonyms mark nock

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. make underscoring marks

    verb.communication

    Synonyms mark

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. write a musical score for

    verb.creation

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  5. induce to have sex

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Did you score last night?
    Synonyms make seduce

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  6. get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance

    verb.competition

    Examples
    She scored high on the SAT.
    He scored a 200.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  7. assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

    verb.cognition

    Examples
    Score the SAT essays.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  8. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to <i>score</i> timber for hewing; to <i>score</i> the back with a lash.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

  9. To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

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