Meaning
1 senses(US, slang)An acknowledgement of success.
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
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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Word family
1 related wordsCollocations
7 patterns- score on the
- scored a goal
- high score on
- final score
- scored points
- high score
- scored three