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. — Vortarulo
Мы проиграли со счётом 3:1. — Balamax
Ми програли з рахунком 3-1. — deniko
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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. — deniko
ruМы проиграли со счётом 3:1. — Balamax
deWir haben drei zu eins verloren. — Vortarulo
He got a better score than us.
Він отримав вищу оцінку, ніж ми. — deniko
ruОн получил более высокую оценку, чем мы. — FeuDRenais
You can't score if you don't shoot.
Якщо не бити по воротам, не заб'єш. — deniko
ruЕсли не бить по воротам, не забьёшь. — marafon
Tom scored a goal.
Том забив гол. — deniko
ruТом забил гол. — marafon
deTom hat ein Tor geschossen! — raggione
The score was even.
Рахунок був нічийний. — deniko
ruСчёт был равный. — marafon
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