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score

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01noun

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

“she made good marks in algebra”

“grade A milk”

02noun

a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages

“he studied the score of the sonata”

03noun

a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest

“the score was 7 to 0”

04noun

a set of twenty members

“a score were sent out but only one returned”

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05noun

grounds

“don't do it on my account”

“the paper was rejected on account of its length”

06noun

the facts about an actual situation

“he didn't know the score”

07noun

an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)

“add it to my score and I'll settle later”

08noun

a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

09noun

a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

“holding a grudge”

“settling a score”

10noun

the act of scoring in a game or sport

“the winning score came with less than a minute left to play”

11noun

a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse

“calling his seduction of the girl a ‘score’ was a typical example of male slang”

12verb

gain points in a game

“The home team is racking up points”

13verb

make small marks into the surface of

“score the clay before firing it”

14verb

make underscoring marks

15verb

write a musical score for

16verb

induce to have sex

“Harry finally seduced Sally”

“Did you score last night?”

17verb

get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance

“She scored high on the SAT”

“He scored a 200”

18verb

assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

“grade tests”

“score the SAT essays”

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