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2 Intransitive verb

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -O:(r)/

Intransitive verb

To earn points in a game.
Pele scores again!
(slang) To have sexual intercourse.

Translations

Finnish: saada pisteitä (1)
German: Punkte erzielen (1)

Transitive verb

To earn (points in a game).
It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
To scratch (paper or cardboard) with a sharp implement to make it easier to fold.
(slang) To obtain (usually used in reference to illegal drugs).

Translations

German: erzielen (1), anritzen (2), sich Stoff beschaffen (3)

Noun

In a game, the number of points earned by each player or team.
Twenty.
Some words have scores of meanings.
Four score and seven years ago...
A manuscript showing all the parts for a musical composition.

Translations

Finnish: pistemäärä (1)
German: (Spiel)stand m (1), zwanzig (2), Partitur f (3)
Russian: счёт, очки

WordNet Definitions

eleven

1. mark, grade, score -- (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?").
2. score, musical score -- (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. score -- (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0").
4. score -- (a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned").
5. score, account -- (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").
6. score -- (the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score").
7. score -- (an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later").
8. score, scotch -- (a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)).
9. grudge, score, grievance -- (a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score").
10. score -- (the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play").
11. sexual conquest, score -- (a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang").

seven

1. score, hit, tally, rack up -- (gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season").
2. score, nock, mark -- (make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it").
3. score, mark -- (make underscoring marks).
4. score -- (write a musical score for).
5. seduce, score, make -- (induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally").
6. score -- (get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200").
7. grade, score, mark -- (assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework").

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