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score - 19 definitions

- noun
1. mark -- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"
synonyms: mark, grade
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2. score -- 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"
synonyms: musical score
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3. score -- a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
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4. score -- a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned"
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5. score -- grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"
synonyms: account
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6. score -- the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score"
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7. score -- an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later"
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8. score -- a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
synonyms: scotch
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9. grudge -- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score"
synonyms: grudge, grievance
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10. score -- the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
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11. sexual conquest -- a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"
synonyms: sexual conquest
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- verb
12. score -- gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
synonyms: hit, tally, rack up
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13. score -- make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"
synonyms: nock, mark
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14. score -- make underscoring marks
synonyms: mark
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15. score -- write a musical score for
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16. seduce -- induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"
synonyms: seduce, make
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17. score -- get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
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18. grade -- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
synonyms: grade, mark
Source:WordNet 3.0
 
19. score, scored -- to make a point in a game or contest
synonyms: scored, scores, rescore, scoring
Source:OWL 2 Web Ontology Language
 
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