score

Definition

  • noun: the number of points, goals, runs, etc., that each player or team has in a game or contest
  • noun: a group of 20 things
  • verb: to get points, goals, runs, etc., in a game or contest
  • verb: to keep a record or account of by or as if by notches on a tally
  • usually + 'of'
  • synonyms: twenty, record, bill

Examples

  • Only one person had/got a 'perfect score' on the test. [=only one person answered all the questions correctly]

  • If you're 'keeping score' at home, this is the third time that he has run for mayor and lost.

  • The 'score' was tied at 1–1 [=each team had scored one run] after the second inning.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) He starts from the bench. Gavin Harris. He hasn't scored for games. The wait goes on. Just over half an hour to go and the OlympiakBunny keep score to nil Harris again trying to influence proceedings. He's struggling tonight. One on one, that should have been in the gavros ass. (..)
    2007 Goal II: Living the Dream
  • (..) - It's for us, baby. It's for us. - Have they given you all this? - Wow. Can I have one? - Sure. They're for you. Pick a car. Any car. - You'll have to score a lot of goals. - I'll try. The UEFA Champions League is back, and it's back at the Santiago Bernab'u. What a stage (..)
    2007 Goal II: Living the Dream