'Score' definitions:

Definition of 'score'

(from WordNet)
noun
A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" [syn: mark, grade, score]
noun
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" [syn: score, musical score]
noun
A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
noun
A set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned"
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Grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful" [syn: score, account]
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The facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score"
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An amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later"
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A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) [syn: score, scotch]
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A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" [syn: grudge, score, grievance]
noun
The act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
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A seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang" [syn: sexual conquest, score]
verb
Gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" [syn: score, hit, tally, rack up]
verb
Make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" [syn: score, nock, mark]
verb
Make underscoring marks [syn: score, mark]
verb
Write a musical score for
verb
Induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" [syn: seduce, score, make]
verb
Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
verb
Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn: grade, score, mark]

Definition of 'Score'

From: GCIDE
  • Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), n. [AS. scor twenty, fr. sceran, scieran, to shear, cut, divide; or rather the kindred Icel. skor incision, twenty, akin to Dan. skure a notch, Sw. sk[*a]ra. See Shear.]
  • 1. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account. [1913 Webster]
  • Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness. [1913 Webster]
  • He parted well, and paid his score. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf. [1913 Webster]
  • But left the trade, as many more Have lately done on the same score. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster]
  • You act your kindness in Cydaria's score. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The number twenty, as being marked off by a special score or tally; hence, in pl., a large number. [1913 Webster]
  • Amongst three or four score hogsheads. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • At length the queen took upon herself to grant patents of monopoly by scores. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A distance of twenty yards; -- a term used in ancient archery and gunnery. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. A weight of twenty pounds. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
  • 7. The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. A line drawn; a groove or furrow. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. (Mus.) The original and entire draught, or its transcript, of a composition, with the parts for all the different instruments or voices written on staves one above another, so that they can be read at a glance; -- so called from the bar, which, in its early use, was drawn through all the parts. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). [1913 Webster]
  • 10. the grade received on an examination, such as those given in school or as a qualifying examination for a job or admission to school; -- it may be expressed as a percentage of answers which are correct, or as a number or letter; as, a score of 98 in a civil service exam. [PJC]
  • In score (Mus.), having all the parts arranged and placed in juxtaposition. --Smart.
  • To quit scores, to settle or balance accounts; to render an equivalent; to make compensation. [1913 Webster]
  • Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it? --South. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Score'

From: GCIDE
  • Score \Score\, v. i.
  • 1. To keep the score in a game; to act as scorer. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. To make or count a point or points, as in a game; to tally. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 3. To run up a score, or account of dues. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 4. To succeed in finding a partner for sexual intercourse; to make a sexual conquest. [slang] [PJC]
  • 5. To purchase drugs illegally. [slang] [PJC]

Definition of 'Score'

From: GCIDE
  • Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scored (sk[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.]
  • 1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash. [1913 Webster]
  • Let us score their backs. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • A briar in that tangled wilderness Had scored her white right hand. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or account of; to set down; to record; to charge. [1913 Webster]
  • Madam, I know when, Instead of five, you scored me ten. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'score'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Score'