score
The total number of goals, points, runs, etcThe total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
» We lost by a score of three to one.
Wir haben drei zu eins verloren.
Мы проиграли со счётом 3:1.
Ми програли з рахунком 3-1.
Meaning
23 sensesThe total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
The player with the highest score is the winner.
The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
Spielergebnis, Spielstand, Punktzahl
счётsčot, результа́тrezulʹtát, баллball
раху́нокraxúnok, результа́тrezulʹtát
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
The test scores for this class were high.
результа́тrezulʹtát, баллball
результа́тrezulʹtát
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
Twenty (20).
a set of twenty members
Twenty (20).
A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
A weight of twenty pounds.
A period of twenty years.
(UK, slang)Twenty pounds sterling.
(in the plural, often)A great deal; many, several.
Some words have scores of meanings.
An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
Partitur
партиту́раpartitúra
партиту́раpartytúra
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
The music of a movie or play.
Examples
403 sentencesWe lost by a score of three to one.
Ми програли з рахунком 3-1.
ruМы проиграли со счётом 3:1.
deWir haben drei zu eins verloren.
He got a better score than us.
Він отримав вищу оцінку, ніж ми.
ruОн получил более высокую оценку, чем мы.
You can't score if you don't shoot.
Якщо не бити по воротам, не заб'єш.
ruЕсли не бить по воротам, не забьёшь.
Tom scored a goal.
Том забив гол.
ruТом забил гол.
deTom hat ein Tor geschossen!
The score was even.
Рахунок був нічийний.
ruСчёт был равный.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”),From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear.
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Forms
plural: scores / scoreSynonyms
9 synonyms- a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages:musical score
- grounds:account
- a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally):scotch
- a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse:sexual conquest
- a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation:grudgegrievance
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance):markgrade
Word family
38 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
Collocations
7 patterns- score on the
- scored a goal
- high score on
- final score
- scored points
- high score
- scored three