score
score
(skɔːʳ )Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense scores , present participle scoring , past tense, past participle scored language note: In meaning [sense 10], the plural form is score.language note: In meaning [sense 10], the plural form is score.
1. verb
In a sport or game, if a player scores a goal or a point, they gain a goal or point.
Against which country did Ian Wright score his first international goal? [VERB noun]
England scored 282 in their first innings. [VERB noun]
Gascoigne almost scored in the opening minute. [VERB]
2. verb
If you score a particular number or amount, for example as a mark in a test, you achieve that number or amount.
Kelly had scored an average of 147 on three separate IQ tests. [VERB noun]
Congress as an institution scores low in public opinion polls. [VERB adverb]
3. countable noun
Someone's score in a game or test is a number, for example, a number of points or runs, which shows what they have achieved or what level they have reached.
The U.S. Open golf tournament was won by Ben Hogan, with a score of 287. [+ of]
Robin Smith made 167, the highest score by an England batsman in this form of cricket.
There was also a strong link between children's low maths scores and parents' numeracy problems.
4. countable noun
The score in a game is the result of it or the current situation, as indicated by the number of goals, runs, or points obtained by the two teams or players.
4-1 was the final score.
They beat the Giants by a score of 7 to 3. [+ of]
Even in Zurich he kept up with the County cricket scores.
5. verb
[written]
His abiding passion was ocean racing, at which he scored many successes. [VERB noun]
In recent months, the rebels have scored some significant victories. [VERB noun]
Soldiers using a multiple rocket launcher scored a direct hit on the steeple of a church. [VERB noun]
6. countable noun
The score of a film, play, or similar production is the music which is written or used for it.
The dance is accompanied by an original score by Henry Torgue.
...the composer of classic film scores such as West Side Story.
7. countable noun
The score of a piece of music is the written version of it.
He recognizes enough notation to be able to follow a score.
8. verb
If you score a piece of music, you write it or arrange it for specific instruments or voices.
Strauss spent much of 1941 scoring his last opera, Capriccio. [VERB noun]
He has mastered enough of the complexities of arrangement to write and score a piece for a chamber music ensemble. [VERB noun for noun]
9. quantifier
[written, emphasis]
Campaigners lit scores of bonfires in ceremonies to mark the anniversary. [+ of]
You can also use scores as a pronoun.
Two people were killed and scores were injured.
10. number
A score is twenty or approximately twenty.
[written]A score of countries may be producing or planning to obtain chemical weapons. [+ of]
The company already has around four score titles commissioned and planned for publication.
The Bible states that the life of man is three score and ten.
11. verb
12. verb
If someone scores drugs, they buy them illegally.
[informal]Me and my mate went to score a kilo of amphetamine down in London. [VERB noun]
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