score
/skɔr/
noun
- The number of points, goals, runs, etc., achieved by a player or team in a game or competition.
- She kept track of the score on a small notepad during the chess match.
- The final score of the basketball game was 102 to 98.
- With a score of 95%, he got the highest grade in the class.
- A written or printed copy of a musical composition, showing all the parts for different instruments or voices.
- The composer handed out the score to each musician at the start of the session.
- She bought the piano score of her favorite movie soundtrack.
- The conductor studied the score carefully before the orchestra rehearsal.
- A group of twenty things; twenty.
- He counted a score of birds sitting on the telephone wire.
- Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address begins, 'Four score and seven years ago...'
- A score of students volunteered to help clean up the park.
- A reason or motive; a basis for something (often used in the phrase 'on that score').
- She had no doubts on the score of his honesty.
- Don't worry on that score; everything is already arranged.
- On the score of safety, the building passed all inspections.
verb
- To gain points, goals, or runs in a game or competition.
- The team needs to score at least three more runs to tie the game.
- She scored the winning goal in the final minute of the match.
- He scored 25 points in the basketball game last night.
- To achieve or obtain something, especially something desirable or impressive.
- He scored tickets to the sold-out concert.
- She scored an interview with the famous director.
- I scored a great deal on this jacket during the sale.
- To cut or mark a surface with a line or notch.
- The glass cutter scored a line along the bottle to break it cleanly.
- He scored the wood with a pencil to mark where to cut.
- Use a knife to score the bread dough before baking.
- To write or arrange music for a particular instrument or performance.
- The song was originally scored for guitar and voice.
- She scored the film's soundtrack with a full orchestra.
- The composer scored the piece for violin and piano.
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