score
score Lexical Profile
score Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The number of points, goals, runs, or marks achieved in a game, competition, or examination.
"The final score of the basketball game was tied, leading to overtime."
The written or printed form of a musical composition, showing all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged on staves.
"The conductor carefully studied the score before the orchestra's first rehearsal."
A group or set of twenty.
"Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation."
• verb
To gain or accumulate points, goals, or runs in a competitive game or match.
"The striker scored an incredible goal in the final minute of the championship match."
To evaluate or assign a grade or mark to an examination, test, or performance.
"The teachers stayed late to score the standardized math tests."
To cut, scratch, or draw a shallow line or mark on a surface.
"The recipe requires you to score the top of the bread dough before baking."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'scoru' (twenty), borrowed from Old Norse 'skor' (notch, tally, twenty). This relates to the historical practice of counting items in groups of twenty by carving a deep notch on a tally stick.
Usage Trend
Historical frequency of usage in published text.