score (fact)

Definition references

Oxford Dictionary:

score | the score | scores of | score off | score something out/through | the [sense-specific] | this [sense-specific] | pay [sense-specific] | action in sport [types, sense-specific] | ...

the number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual | [informal] an act of gaining a goal or point in a game. | a ... (31 of 833 words, 41 definitions, 16 usage examples, pronunciation)

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Britannica Encyclopedia:

score [music]

notation, in manuscript or printed form, of a musical work, probably so called from the vertical scoring lines that connect successive related staves. ... (23 of 642 words)

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Collins Dictionary:

score | the score [sense-specific] | over the score [sense-specific] | settle a score [sense-specific] | scorer [noun, related]

an evaluative, usually numerical, record of a competitive game or match | the total number of points made by a side or individual in a game or match | ... (27 of 636 words, 35 definitions, 11 usage examples, pronunciation)

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Random House Dictionary:

score | scores [plural] | pay off or settle a score [sense-specific] | a successful move, remark, etc [sense-specific] | a successful robbery [sense-specific] | theft [sense-specific]

for 11,--"v"., "scored, scoring". | the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match. | the total points or strokes made by ... (27 of 616 words, 38 definitions, 10 usage examples, pronunciation)

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New World Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scorer [noun, related]

a scratch, mark, incision, etc. ; a line drawn or scratched, often to mark ... | an amount or sum due; account; debt | a grievance or wrong one seeks ... (28 of 462 words, 32 definitions, 5 usage examples, pronunciation)

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American Heritage Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scores [3rd-person singular present] | scorer [noun, related]

A notch or incision, especially one that is made to keep a tally. | [sports, games] ; A usually numerical record of a competitive event | The total ... (26 of 446 words, 36 definitions, 10 usage examples, pronunciation)

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Merriam-Webster:

score [entry 1, noun] | scores [plural] | indebtedness [synonym, sense-specific] | reason [synonym, sense-specific] | grudge [synonym, sense-specific] | down [British, synonym, sense-specific] | grievance [synonym, sense-specific] | resentment [synonym, sense-specific] | condemnation [similar, sense-specific] | ...

(or plural "score") ; "twenty" ; a group of 20 things [often used in combination with a cardinal number] ; an indefinitely large number | a line (as a ... (28 of 346 words, 9 definitions, 5 usage examples, pronunciation)

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score [entry 2, verb] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | score points | berate [synonym, sense-specific] | grade [synonym, sense-specific] | groove [synonym, sense-specific] | scribe [synonym, sense-specific] | seam [synonym, sense-specific] | ...

to keep a record or account of by or as if by notches on a tally; "record" ... | to mark with lines, grooves, scratches, or notches | "berate", ... (27 of 327 words, 10 definitions, 6 usage examples)

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Macmillan British Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scores [3rd-person singular present] | score points

[intransitive/transitive] to get a point in a game or sport | [transitive] to achieve a particular amount, level etc in a test ; to judge someone's ... (25 of 273 words, 9 definitions, 11 usage examples, pronunciation)

www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/score

score [noun] | scores [plural] | keep score | know the score | on that/this score

[countable] the number of points that someone gains in a game ; the result ... | [countable, music] a written copy of a piece of music ; the music ... (28 of 254 words, 9 definitions, 10 usage examples, pronunciation)

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Wiktionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

The total number of points earned by a participant in a game. | The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers. | Twenty, 20 (number). | [music] One or more parts of a musical composition... (46 of 256 words, 17 definitions, 14 usage examples, pronunciations)

en.wiktionary.org/wiki/score

Wikipedia:

Score [disambiguation]

may refer to: Score (album), a 2006 album by Dream Theater | Score (game), a number of points achieved in a sporting event or game | Score (film), a 1972 sexplotaition film | Score (magazine), a pornographic magazine | Score (statistics), the... (38 of 200 words, 20 definitions)

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Columbia Encyclopedia:

score

in musical notation, manuscript or printed music in which the various parts are placed one above the other so that notes that are to be played ... (26 of 183 words)

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Cambridge Dictionary:

score [entry 1]

to win or get a point, goal, etc. in a competitive activity, such as a sport or game, or in an examination | to succeed in an activity or to achieve ... (30 of 123 words, 3 definitions, 7 usage examples, pronunciations)

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score [entry 2]

[United States, informal] to get something | [slang] to get illegal drugs | [slang] If someone scores, they have sex with someone that they have ... (23 of 63 words, 3 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciations)

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score [entry 3]

to make a mark or cut on the surface of something hard with a pointed tool, or to draw a line through writing (23 of 44 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)

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score [entry 4]

to write or change a piece of music for particular instruments or voices (13 of 29 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)

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score [entry 5] | scores [plural]

the number of points, goals, etc. achieved in a game or competition (12 of 54 words, 5 usage examples, pronunciations)

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score [entry 6] | scores [plural]

a piece of written music with the parts for all the instruments and voices arranged on separate lines | the music written for a film, play, etc (26 of 50 words, 2 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciations)

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score [entry 7] | scores [plural]

an argument or disagreement that has existed for a long time (11 of 27 words, 1 usage example, pronunciations)

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score [entry 8] | by the score | scores

[formal] 20 or approximately 20 | "by the score": [formal] in large numbers | "scores": a lot of things or people (19 of 59 words, 3 definitions, 3 usage examples, pronunciations)

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score [entry 9] | on this/that score | on this score | on that score

about the thing or subject which has just been mentioned (10 of 52 words, 2 usage examples, pronunciations)

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Encarta Dictionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

the total number of points made by a player or team at the end of or during a match or game | a record of the number of points made by a player or ... (33 of 862 words, 40 definitions, pronunciation)

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Etymology references

Online Etymology:

score

Origin: late Old English scoru "twenty", from Old Norse skor "mark, tally", also, in Icelandic, "twenty", from Proto-Germanic *skura-, ... (18 of 136 etymology words)

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Oxford Dictionary:

score

Origin: late Old English scoru "set of twenty", from Old Norse skor "notch, tally, twenty", of Germanic origin; related to "shear". The verb ... (22 of 33 etymology words)

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Wiktionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

Origin: the Old English scora, notch (and hence, a tally). (For twenty: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.)

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New World Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

Origin: Middle English from Old English scoru from Old Norse skor from Indo-European base *sker-, to cut derives "shear" | Middle English scoren

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American Heritage Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scores [3rd-person singular present]

Origin: Middle English, from Old English scoru, twenty, from Old Norse skor; see sker- [entry 1] in Indo-European roots.

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Collins Dictionary:

score

Origin: Old English scora; related to Old Norse skor notch, tally, twenty

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Merriam-Webster:

score [entry 1, noun] | scores [plural]

First use: 14th century

Origin: Middle English scor, from Old Norse skor notch, tally, twenty; akin to Old English scieran to cut

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Encarta Dictionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

First use: Pre-12th century

Origin: Old Norse skor "notch, tally, 20"

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Audio references

Wiktionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

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Collins Dictionary:

score

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Macmillan American Dictionary:

score [verb] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scores [3rd-person singular present]

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score [noun] | scores [plural]

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Macmillan British Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scores [3rd-person singular present]

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score [noun] | scores [plural]

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Cambridge Dictionary:

score [entry 1]

Audio 1: British English pronunuciation of "score"

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the Free Dictionary:

score

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Google Dictionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

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Merriam-Webster Pronunciation:

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YourDictionary Audio:

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freedictionary.org:

Score

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Definition references

Oxford Dictionary:

score | the score | scores of | score off | score something out/through | the [sense-specific] | this [sense-specific] | pay [sense-specific] | action in sport [types, sense-specific] | ...

Britannica Encyclopedia:

score [music]

Collins Dictionary:

score | the score [sense-specific] | over the score [sense-specific] | settle a score [sense-specific] | scorer [noun, related]

Random House Dictionary:

score | scores [plural] | pay off or settle a score [sense-specific] | a successful move, remark, etc [sense-specific] | a successful robbery [sense-specific] | theft [sense-specific]

New World Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scorer [noun, related]

American Heritage Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scores [3rd-person singular present] | scorer [noun, related]

Merriam-Webster:

score [entry 2, verb] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | score points | berate [synonym, sense-specific] | grade [synonym, sense-specific] | groove [synonym, sense-specific] | scribe [synonym, sense-specific] | seam [synonym, sense-specific] | ...

Macmillan British Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scores [3rd-person singular present] | score points

score [noun] | scores [plural] | keep score | know the score | on that/this score

Wiktionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

Wikipedia:

Score [disambiguation]

Columbia Encyclopedia:

score

Cambridge Dictionary:

score [entry 1]

score [entry 2]

score [entry 3]

score [entry 4]

score [entry 5] | scores [plural]

score [entry 6] | scores [plural]

score [entry 7] | scores [plural]

score [entry 8] | by the score | scores

score [entry 9] | on this/that score | on this score | on that score

Encarta Dictionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

Etymology references

Online Etymology:

score

Oxford Dictionary:

score

Wiktionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

New World Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

American Heritage Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scores [3rd-person singular present]

Collins Dictionary:

score

Merriam-Webster:

score [entry 1, noun] | scores [plural]

Encarta Dictionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

Audio references

Wiktionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

Collins Dictionary:

score

Macmillan American Dictionary:

score [verb] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scores [3rd-person singular present]

score [noun] | scores [plural]

Macmillan British Dictionary:

score | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle] | scores [3rd-person singular present]

score [noun] | scores [plural]

Cambridge Dictionary:

score [entry 1]

the Free Dictionary:

score

Google Dictionary:

score | scores [plural] | scored [past tense] | scoring [present participle]

Merriam-Webster Pronunciation:

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