score

Forms

1.The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
- The player with the highest score is the winner.
2.The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
- The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
3.The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
- The test scores for this class were high.
4.Twenty (20).
- At Markes full fortie score they vs'd to Prick and Roue.
- DEVLIN:You know the apple and core. Head might cost you a score, or more if you want a meat show on all fours.
- I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch.

1.To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
- The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
2.To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
3.To obtain something desired.
- I scored some drugs last night.
- Did you score tickets for the concert?
- Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
4.To rate; to evaluate the quality of.
- Critics scored the game 92%.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-

Proto-Germanic *skurō

Old Norse skorder.

Old English scoru

Middle English score

English score