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score

842 1.3
The number of points earned in a game or test
  • noun
  • /skɔr/
translation icon : puntuación
  • Final score, Oak Hill 77, St. Vincent-St. Mary 66.
  • test scores
  • high score
  • low score

But we never kept track of the score or the time.

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Examples

  • Here are the latest baseball scores, just in.

  • At the end of the test, the teacher announced that the highest score was 98 out of 100.

  • But we never kept track of the score or the time.

  • You know, no one has beat my score in Project Cars.

  • I got a near perfect SAT score without studying.

  • The score is now two-zero in favor of Texas.

  • What's the score now, Mel? - Well, Jerry's Lumber just won, 5- 2.

  • The score of the game was tied at halftime, making the second half crucial.

  • After analyzing the scores from the competition, we determined the winner based on total points.

Synonyms

grade
vsscore
449 1.2

A letter or number that shows how well a student did on a test

is the exact points or act, not a summary judgment of coursework
mark
vsscore
  • UK
141 1.8

A number or letter showing how well a student did

is the points total in a game or test rather than academic quality
scoring
vsscore
69 1.4

Getting points in a game or match

refers to the total number of points as well as the action itself
tally
vsscore
48 3.2

A written count of things like votes or donations

refers to the numeric total of points or the act of gaining them

Idioms

11 4.9

Understand what really happens in a situation, often when it is bad

to settle a score
  • Offensive
2 6.2

To get revenge for something someone did to you

1 6.9

In large numbers, often dozens at a time

A way to say eighty-seven years ago, used by Abraham Lincoln at the start of the Gettysburg Address

on what score
  • Archaic
8.3

Asking what reason someone gave for a decision

Compounds

18 2.7

The highest number of points a player gets in a game or competition

musical score
  • Specialized
5 3.7

Written music that shows all the parts for singers and instruments on separate lines

2 1.4

A game in which neither team has any points

Numbers showing how many runs each team has in a game

The number of points each team has in a basketball game

Apgar score
  • Specialized
1 5.4

A quick test on a newborn to check heart rate, breathing, skin colour, muscle tone, and reflexes

The number of goals or points each team has in a football game

The total number of points a player or team gets in a game of bowling

1 9.9

Seventy years that people often use to mean a typical human lifespan

4.2

A summary showing runs or points each team scored in each period of a game

score paper
  • Specialized
5.6

Paper that has printed lines for writing music notes

Wilks score
  • Jargon
8.4

A number that compares weightlifting results for people with different body weights

How Many

high score
18 2.7
score
842 1.3
no score
2 1.4

Surface Forms

score singular
scores plural

Etymology

Score for points comes from an old idea of making a small cut or 'notch' to keep count. So a 'score' became the number you have after counting, which fits how we use it for game or test points.