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score

Dictionary definition · score

noun

  1. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)"she made good marks in algebra"
  2. 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"
  3. a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest"the score was 7 to 0"
  4. a set of twenty members"a score were sent out but only one returned"
  5. grounds"don't do it on my account"
  6. the facts about an actual situation"he didn't know the score"

verb

  1. gain points in a game"The home team is racking up points"
  2. make small marks into the surface of"score the clay before firing it"
  3. make underscoring marks
  4. write a musical score for
  5. induce to have sex"Harry finally seduced Sally"
  6. get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance"She scored high on the SAT"

Similar words

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).