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US
/ˈskɔɹ/
]
[ UK /skˈɔː/ ]
[ UK /skˈɔː/ ]
VERB
- make underscoring marks
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assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
mark homework
score the SAT essays
grade tests -
make small marks into the surface of
score the clay before firing it - write a musical score for
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induce to have sex
Harry finally seduced Sally
Harry made Sally
Did you score last night? -
get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
She scored high on the SAT
He scored a 200 -
gain points in a game
The home team scored many times
He hit a home run
He hit .300 in the past season
NOUN
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a set of twenty members
a score were sent out but only one returned -
a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang -
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
grade A milk
what was your score on your homework?
she made good marks in algebra -
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 -
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 -
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
the score was 7 to 0 -
an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
add it to my score and I'll settle later -
a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
holding a grudge
settling a score -
the act of scoring in a game or sport
the winning score came with less than a minute left to play - a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
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the facts about an actual situation
he didn't know the score
How To Use score In A Sentence
- But Sexton found Nicks for an easy 31-yard score on fourth down with 4: 11 left to seal it, and Nicks set the receiving record with a 22-yard catch a little later from T.J. Yates, making his first appearance in relief from a broken ankle suffered in September against Virginia Tech. Newspaper Home Delivery - Subscribe Today USATODAY.com
- When Modin scored from the right circle to make it 3-0, it looked bleak for the Devils, who rallied from one-goal deficits twice before winning Game 2 in overtime. USATODAY.com - Tampa Bay creeps closer to New Jersey with 4-3 win
- The score may actually have been 32-0, but it seems the scoreboard operator could not keep up.
- The radiant beauty of the score, and the warm tenderness at the heart of it, are very moving.
- If we got into Ceram (and got out again), the doctor would reduce the whole affair to a few tables of anthropological measurements, a few more hampers of birds, beasts, and native rubbish in the hold, and a score of paragraphs couched in the evaporated, millimetric terms of science. The Spinner's Book of Fiction
- If the adventurers try to reach location 14 they will have to pass scores of biting faces and clutching hands.
- They soon added a try when one of their strong running centres burst through some ineffectual tackling to score under the posts.
- In the final match, Lara scored yet another hundred but this was so frantic and frenzied that it could not stop the Australians from winning the match and squaring the series.
- The Argentine ace scored his 150th goal for the club but wasted a series of chances to put the game to bed. The Sun
- The Hoosiers have played their Division 1A opponents even on the scoreboard at 30.8 points scored and 31.0 allowed, but the Hoosiers have faced three bad teams in Western Kentucky, Akron, and Arkansas State and they've been badly outplayed from the line of scrimmage 5.9 yards per play to 7.2 yppl. Jeff Ma: Bringing Down the Bookie: Week 7
