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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

  • (..) ''We f$cked up. He got away.'' TONY: What time? NICK: sharp. FRANK: So when are we gonna make some money on this thing? You're kidding? What was the score? Three to two? MeI, guess what? My LittIe League team, the LittIe Lopezers... they won the division tonight. (..)
    1983 Scarface