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

  • (..) I wasted a whole year of my time with this bullshit. It's probably not that bad. I didn't get a thing right. It might as well have been in Chinese. Let's see how the score comes out. I'll tell you how the goddamn score comes out. Two points, right there! There's your goddamn score! (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption