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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

  • (..) Bet you a million bucks UCLA wins it -. - What are you, deaf? It's over. You lost. - Yeah? All right. What's the gag? How did you know what the score would be? OLD BIFF: I told you, it's in this book. All you got to do is bet on the winner, and you'll never lose. All right. I'll take a look at it. (..)
    1989 Back to the Future Part II