basketball score
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- noun
- /ˈbæskɪtˌbɔl skɔr/
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puntuación de baloncesto
- During the tournament, fans eagerly checked the basketball scores for updates on their favorite teams.
- check the basketball score
Examples
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And basketball scores reminded me of my game that afternoon.
Fiction book (2002) -
Cab driving had been a solid bread-and-butter profession some years ago, the life's work of family men whose greatest risk was lower back syndrome and who harangued you with basketball scores.
Fiction book (1990) -
That was a basketball score.
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I just want to see the basketball scores.
Fiction book (1992) -
The page numbers reminded me of basketball scores.
Fiction book (2002) -
The final basketball score was 102-95, leading to an exciting victory for the home team.
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After the game, the announcer recapped the basketball scores, highlighting each team's performance.
Synonyms
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The number of points earned in a game or test
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the number of points achieved by each team in a basketball game' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'basketball' (the sport) with 'score' (points), following a regular noun–noun compounding pattern. This composition is predictable and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Basketball score comes from the very first games, when players threw a ball into a real basket, often a peach basket, and people counted each time the ball went in as a score. So, basketball score now means the number of 'points' each team has in a game.