score
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- n a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
what was your score on your homework? - n a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
he studied the score of the sonata - n a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
the score was 7 to 0 - n a set of twenty members
a score were sent out but only one returned - n grounds
he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful - n the facts about an actual situation
he didn't know the score - n an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
add it to my score and I'll settle later - n a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
- n a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
settling a score - n the act of scoring in a game or sport
the winning score came with less than a minute left to play - n a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang - v gain points in a game
The home team scored many times - v make small marks into the surface of
score the clay before firing it - v make underscoring marks
- v write a musical score for
- v induce to have sex
Did you score last night? - v get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
She scored high on the SAT
He scored a 200 - v assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
score the SAT essays
- To score the test, an equation was devised that divided a child's mental ageas determined by the test by his chronological age, thus producing an "intelligence quotient.
- IF EVER I SEE YOU AGAIN Directed by Joe Brooks Screenplay by Joe Brooks and Martin Davidson Usually, a score is written to accompany a movie.
- The most widely used ranking of individual creditworthiness is the FICO score.