Score

/skɔː/ · noun

Meaning

The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game..

Definitions by Sense

1. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
2. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
3. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
4. Twenty (20).
5. (often in the plural) A great deal; many, several.
6. (gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
7. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
8. (music) The music of a movie or play.

Example Sentences

The player with the highest score is the winner.

The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!

The test scores for this class were high.

The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting the role of environmental factors instead.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

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.

Some words have scores of meanings.

Use a few “introductory plays” to become known to a casino before you go for a big score.

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