Definitions of SCORE in various dictionaries:
noun -
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
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a written form of a musical composition
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a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
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a set of twenty members
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grounds
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the facts about an actual situation
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an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
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a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
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a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
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the act of scoring in a game or sport
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a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
verb -
gain points in a game
verb -
make small marks into the surface of
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make underscoring marks
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write a musical score for
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induce to have sex
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get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
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assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
A notch or an incision, especially one that is made to keep a tally.
Sports & Games.
A usually numerical record of a competitive event: keeping score.
The total number of points made by each competitor or side in a contest, either final or at a given stage: The score stood tied in the bottom of the ninth inning.
The number of points attributed to a competitor or team.
A result, usually expressed numerically, of a test or examination.
An amount due; a debt.
A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction: settle an old score.
A ground; a reason.
A group of 20 items.
Music.
The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts, either complete or for a particular instrument or voice.
A composition written for a musical comedy.
Slang.
The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain: “He had dropped out of school and gone for that quick dollar, that big score” (Peter Goldman).
The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.
A successful robbery.
A sexual conquest.
To mark with lines or notches, especially for the purpose of keeping a record.
To cancel or eliminate by or as if by superimposing lines.
To mark the surface of (meat, for example) with usually parallel cuts.
Sports & Games.
To gain (a point) in a game or contest.
To count or be worth as points.
To achieve; win.
To evaluate and assign a grade to.
Music.
To orchestrate.
To arrange for a specific instrument.
To criticize cuttingly; berate.
Slang.
To succeed in acquiring: scored two tickets to the play.
To succeed in obtaining (an illicit drug): “Aging punks try to impress her with tales of... the different drugs they’ve scored” (Art Jahnke).
Sports & Games.
To make a point in a game or contest.
To keep the score of a game or contest.
Slang.
To achieve a purpose or advantage, especially to make a surprising gain or coup: “They... score in places like the bond market” (Mike Barnicle).
To succeed in seducing someone sexually.
To succeed in buying or obtaining an illicit drug.
verb - to make a point in a game or contest