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- DictionaryScore/skôr/
noun
- 1. the number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual: "the final score was 25–16 in favor of Washington"
- 2. a group or set of twenty or about twenty: "a score of men lost their lives in the battle"
verb
- 1. gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game: "Penn State scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter"
- 2. orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments: "the Quartet Suite was scored for flute, violin, viola da gamba, and continuo"
noun, plural scores, score for 11. the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match. the total points or strokes made by one side, individual, play, game, etc.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Sport, Music score1 /skɔː $ skɔːr/ S2 W2 noun [ countable] 1 in a game the number of points that each team or player has won in a game or competition At half-time the score was one all. What’s the score? Is anybody keeping score (=making a record of the score)?
Definition of score noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. us / skɔr/ B1. the number of points someone gets in a game or test: a high/ low score. What’s the score? score. verb. us / skɔr/ present participle scoring | past tense and past participle scored. B1. to get points in a game or test: He scored just before halftime to put Liverpool 2-1 ahead.
UK /skɔː/ noun 1. the number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual the final score was 4–3 to Royston (informal) an act of gaining a goal or point in a game a rating or grade, such as a mark achieved in a test an IQ score of 161 the score (informal) the state of affairs; the facts about the present s...
Definition of score. English dictionary and integrated thesaurus for learners, writers, teachers, and students with advanced, intermediate, and beginner levels.
noun. /skɔː (r)/ /skɔːr/ Idioms. points/goals, etc. [countable] the number of points, goals, etc. scored by each player or team in a game or competition. a high/low score. What's the score now? The final score was 4–3. I’ll keep (the) score. A penalty in the last minute of the game levelled the score 2–2. Extra Examples.
