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score

Audio Help [skawr, skohr] Pronunciation Key noun, plural scores, score for 11, verb, scored, scor·ing.

–noun

1.	the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.

2.	the total points or strokes made by one side, individual, play, game, etc.

3.	an act or instance of making or earning a point or points.

4.	Education, Psychology. the performance of an individual or sometimes of a group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol.

5.	a notch, scratch, or incision; a stroke or line.

6.	a notch or mark for keeping an account or record.

7.	a reckoning or account so kept; tally.

8.	any account showing indebtedness.

9.	an amount recorded as due.

10.	a line drawn as a boundary, the starting point of a race, a goal line, etc.

11.	a group or set of 20: about a score of years ago.

12.	scores, a great many: Scores of people were at the dance.

13.	a reason, ground, or cause: to complain on the score of low pay.

14.

Informal.

a.	the basic facts, point of progress, etc., regarding a situation: What's the score on Saturday's picnic?

b.	a successful move, remark, etc.

15.

Music.

a.	a written or printed piece of music with all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged on staves, one under the other.

b.	the music itself.

c.	the music played as background to or part of a movie, play, or television presentation.

16.

Slang.

a.	a success in finding a willing sexual partner; sexual conquest.

b.	a purchase or acquisition of illicit drugs, as heroin or cocaine.

c.	a single payoff obtained through graft by a police officer, esp. from a narcotics violator.

d.	a successful robbery; theft.

e.	any success, triumph, happy acquisition, gift, or win.

f.	the victim of a robbery or swindle.

–verb (used with object)

17.	to gain for addition to one's score in a game or match.

18.	to make a score of: He scored 98 on the test.

19.	to have as a specified value in points: Four aces score 100.

20.	Education, Psychology. to evaluate the responses a person has made on (a test or an examination).

21.

Music.

a.	to orchestrate.

b.	to write out in score.

c.	to compose the music for (a movie, play, television show, etc.)

22.	Cookery. to cut ridges or lines into (meat, fish, etc.) with shallow slashes, usually in a diamond pattern, before cooking.

23.	to make notches, cuts, marks, or lines in or on.

24.	to record or keep a record of (points, items, etc.), by or as if by notches, marks, etc.; tally; reckon (often fol. by up).

25.	to write down as a debt.

26.	to record as a debtor.

27.	to gain, achieve, or win: The play scored a great success.

28.

Slang.

a.	to obtain (a drug) illicitly.

to steal.

c.	to acquire; be given.

29.	to berate or censure: The newspapers scored the mayor severely for the announcement.

30.	to crease (paper or cardboard) so that it can be folded easily and without damage.

–verb (used without object)

31.	to make a point or points in a game or contest.

32.	to keep score, as of a game.

33.	to achieve an advantage or a success: The new product scored with the public.

34.	to make notches, cuts, lines, etc.

35.	to run up a score or debt.

36.

Slang.

a.	to succeed in finding a willing sexual partner; have coitus.

b.	to purchase or obtain drugs illicitly.

c.	to elicit and accept a bribe.

—Idiom

37.	pay off or settle a score, to avenge a wrong; retaliate: In the Old West they paid off a score with bullets.

[Origin: bef. 1100; (n.) ME; late OE scora, score (pl.; sing. *scoru) group of twenty (appar. orig. notch) < ON skor notch; (v.) ME scoren to incise, mark with lines, tally debts < ON skora to notch, count by tallies; later v. senses deriv. of the n.; akin to shear

]

—Related forms

scoreless, adjective

scorer, noun

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score Audio Help (skôr, skōr) Pronunciation Key
n.

A notch or incision, especially one that is made to keep a tally.
Sports & Games
1. A usually numerical record of a competitive event: keeping score.
2. The total number of points made by each competitor or side in a contest, either final or at a given stage: The score stood tied in the bottom of the ninth inning.
3. The number of points attributed to a competitor or team.
4. An amount due; a debt.
5. A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction: settle an old score.
6. The notation of a musical work.
7. The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts.
8. The music written for a film or a play.
9. The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain: "He had dropped out of school and gone for that quick dollar, that big score" (Peter Goldman).
10. The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.
11. A successful robbery.
12. A sexual conquest.
A result, usually expressed numerically, of a test or examination.
1. An amount due; a debt.
2. A grievance that is harbored and requires satisfaction: settle an old score.
3. The notation of a musical work.
4. The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts.
5. The music written for a film or a play.
6. The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain: "He had dropped out of school and gone for that quick dollar, that big score" (Peter Goldman).
7. The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.
8. A successful robbery.
9. A sexual conquest.
A ground; a reason.
A group of 20 items.
scores Large numbers: Scores of people attended the rally.
Music
1. The notation of a musical work.
2. The written form of a composition for orchestral or vocal parts.
3. The music written for a film or a play.
4. The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain: "He had dropped out of school and gone for that quick dollar, that big score" (Peter Goldman).
5. The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.
6. A successful robbery.
7. A sexual conquest.
Slang
1. The act of securing an advantage, especially a surprising or significant gain: "He had dropped out of school and gone for that quick dollar, that big score" (Peter Goldman).
2. The act or an instance of buying illicit drugs.
3. A successful robbery.
4. A sexual conquest.

v. scored, scor·ing, scores

v. tr.

To mark with lines or notches, especially for the purpose of keeping a record.
To cancel or eliminate by or as if by superimposing lines.
To mark the surface of (meat, for example) with usually parallel cuts.
Sports & Games
1. To gain (a point) in a game or contest.
2. To count or be worth as points: A basket scores two points.
3. To keep a written record of the score or events of (a game or contest).
4. Baseball To cause (a base runner) to cross home plate, especially by getting a hit: scored both runners with a double.
5. To orchestrate.
6. To arrange for a specific instrument.
7. To succeed in acquiring: scored two tickets to the play.
8. To succeed in obtaining (an illicit drug): "Aging punks try to impress her with tales of . . . the different drugs they've scored" (Art Jahnke).
To achieve; win.
To evaluate and assign a grade to.
Music
1. To orchestrate.
2. To arrange for a specific instrument.
3. To succeed in acquiring: scored two tickets to the play.
4. To succeed in obtaining (an illicit drug): "Aging punks try to impress her with tales of . . . the different drugs they've scored" (Art Jahnke).
To criticize cuttingly; berate.
Slang
1. To succeed in acquiring: scored two tickets to the play.
2. To succeed in obtaining (an illicit drug): "Aging punks try to impress her with tales of . . . the different drugs they've scored" (Art Jahnke).

v. intr.

Sports & Games
1. To make a point in a game or contest.
2. To keep the score of a game or contest.
3. To achieve a purpose or advantage, especially to make a surprising gain or coup: "They . . . score in places like the bond market" (Mike Barnicle).
4. To succeed in seducing someone sexually.
5. To succeed in buying or obtaining an illicit drug.
Slang
1. To achieve a purpose or advantage, especially to make a surprising gain or coup: "They . . . score in places like the bond market" (Mike Barnicle).
2. To succeed in seducing someone sexually.
3. To succeed in buying or obtaining an illicit drug.

[Middle English, from Old English scoru, twenty, from Old Norse skor; see sker-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

scor'er n.

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scorer
noun
1.	a player who makes a score in a game or contest
2.	a logger who marks trees to be felled
3.	an official who records the score during the progress of a game [syn: scorekeeper]

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ˈscorer1 noun

a person who scores points, goals etc
Example: Our team scored two goals — Smith and Brown were the scorers.

Arabic:	مُسَجِّل الأهْداف
Chinese (Simplified):	得分者
Chinese (Traditional):	得分者
Czech:	zapisovač stavu
Danish:	målscorer; pointscorer
Dutch:	scoren
Estonian:	punktitegija, väravalööja
Finnish:	maalintekijä, pistesaalistaja
French:	marqueur, *-euse (de buts)
German:	der Torschütze
Greek:	σκόρερ
Hungarian:	pontszerző
Icelandic:	(marka)skorari
Indonesian:	pencetak gol
Italian:	marcatore

Japanese:	得点者
Korean:	득점자
Latvian:	vārtu, *punktu guvējs; rezultatīvs spēlētājs
Lithuanian:	pelnęs taškus
Norwegian:	målskårer
Polish:	zdobywca punktów
Portuguese (Brazil):	marcador de pontos
Portuguese (Portugal):	marcador
Romanian:	marcator (de goluri)
Russian:	тот, кто забил гол
Slovak:	zapisovateľ výsledkov
Slovenian:	kdor doseže točko
Spanish:	encargado del marcador, persona que lleva el marcador
Swedish:	poängtagare, målgörare
Turkish:	golcü, sayı, *gol vb. yapan kimse

ˈscorer2 noun

a person who writes down the score during eg a cricket match

Arabic:	الشَّخْص الذي يُسَجِّل عَدَد الأهْداف
Chinese (Simplified):	记分员
Chinese (Traditional):	記分員
Czech:	zapisovač
Danish:	pointfører
Dutch:	puntenteller
Estonian:	punktilugeja
Finnish:	pisteiden laskija
French:	marqueur, *-euse
German:	der Anschreiber
Greek:	πρόσωπο που σημειώνει τη βαθμολογία σε αγώνες
Hungarian:	pontozó
Icelandic:	stigateljari
Indonesian:	pencatat nilai
Italian:	segnapunti

Japanese:	記録者
Korean:	점수 기록원
Latvian:	marķieris (spēlē); punktu skaitītājs
Lithuanian:	rezultatų užrašinėtojas
Norwegian:	regnskapsfører
Polish:	prowadzący zapis
Portuguese (Brazil):	anotador
Portuguese (Portugal):	anotador
Romanian:	marcator, persoană care ţine scorul
Russian:	счётчик очков
Slovak:	zapisovateľ
Slovenian:	zapisnikar
Spanish:	goleador
Swedish:	protokollförare
Turkish:	sayı tutucu, puan kaydedici