score
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Synonyms: scorn, core, scope, sore, shore, store, slore, scare, spore, snore, swore
Antonyms: scorn, core, scope, sore, shore, store, slore, scare, spore, snore, swore
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Noun
- {{senseid|en|number of points}} The total number of goals, [[point]]s, [[run]]s, etc. earned by a [[participant]] in a [[game]].
- The number of points [[accrue]]d by each of the participants in a [[game]], expressed as a [[ratio]] or a series of numbers.
- The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a [[grade]].
- {{senseid|en|Q40292}} {{U|twenty}} ({{l|mul|20}}).
- {{lb|en|often in the plural}} A [[great deal]]; [[many]], [[several]].
- {{lb|en|gambling}} An [[amount]] of [[money]] won in [[gambling]]; [[winning]]s.
- {{senseid|en|music}}{{lb|en|music}} The written form of a [[musical]] [[composition]] showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
- {{lb|en|music}} The music of a [[movie]] or [[play]].
- A [[subject]].
- An [[account]]; a [[reason]]; a [[motive]]; a [[sake]]; a [[behalf]].
- A [[notch]] or [[incision]]; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
- An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; [[debt]].
Verb
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[cut]] a [[notch]] or a [[groove]] in a [[surface]].
- {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[record]] the [[tally]] of [[point]]s for a [[game]], a [[match]], or an [[examination]].
- {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To obtain something desired.
- {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[rate]]; to [[evaluate]] the [[quality]] of.
- {{lb|en|transitive|music|film}} To provide (a film, etc.) with a [[musical]] score.
- {{lb|en|horse racing|ambitransitive}} To return (a horse and rider) to the starting-point repeatedly, until a fair start is achieved.
Interjection
- {{lb|en|US|slang}} An [[acknowledgement]] of [[success]].
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