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[ US /ˈskɔɹ/ ]
[ UK /skˈɔː/ ]
VERB
  1. make underscoring marks
  2. assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
    mark homework
    score the SAT essays
    grade tests
  3. make small marks into the surface of
    score the clay before firing it
  4. write a musical score for
  5. induce to have sex
    Harry finally seduced Sally
    Harry made Sally
    Did you score last night?
  6. get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
    She scored high on the SAT
    He scored a 200
  7. gain points in a game
    The home team scored many times
    He hit a home run
    He hit .300 in the past season
NOUN
  1. a set of twenty members
    a score were sent out but only one returned
  2. a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
    calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
    the score was 7 to 0
  7. an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
    add it to my score and I'll settle later
  8. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
    holding a grudge
    settling a score
  9. the act of scoring in a game or sport
    the winning score came with less than a minute left to play
  10. a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
  11. the facts about an actual situation
    he didn't know the score
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The radiant beauty of the score, and the warm tenderness at the heart of it, are very moving.
  • Two big screens and an electronic scoreboard made up for a muffled PA. Times, Sunday Times
  • The score may actually have been 32-0, but it seems the scoreboard operator could not keep up.
  • This came after scores of pro-Uribe legislators and other officials were indicted on conspiracy charges involving so-called demobilized paramilitaries. Council on Hemispheric Affairs
  • His work underscores the aeriality embedded in the rational geometric order of the region’s settlement.
  • If the adventurers try to reach location 14 they will have to pass scores of biting faces and clutching hands.
  • He insisted the second try - which levelled the scores in injury time - was short of the line.
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