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The definition of score
31 Definitions of: score
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- noun, an evaluative usually numerical record of a competitive game or match
- noun, the total number of points made by a side or individual in a game or match
- noun, the act of scoring, esp a point or points
- noun, the score the actual situation; the true facts
- noun, the result of a test or exam
- noun, a group or set of twenty
- noun, a great number; lots
- noun, music a) the written or printed form of a composition in which the instrumental or vocal parts appear on separate staves vertically arranged on large pages (full score) or in a condensed version, usually for piano (short score) or voices and piano (vocal score) b) the incidental music for a film or play c) the songs, music, etc, for a stage or film musical
- noun, a mark or notch, esp one made in keeping a tally
- noun, an account of amounts due
- noun, an amount recorded as due
- noun, a reason or account
- noun, a grievance
- noun, a) a line marking a division or boundary b) (as modifier)
- noun, the victim of a theft or swindle
- noun, dancing notation indicating a dancer's moves
- noun, over the score excessive; unfair
- noun, settle or pay off a score a) to avenge a wrong b) to repay a debt
- verb, to gain (a point or points) in a game or contest
- verb, to make a total score of
- verb, to keep a record of the score (of)
- verb, to be worth (a certain amount) in a game
- verb, to evaluate (a test or exam) numerically; mark
- verb, to record by making notches in
- verb, to make (cuts, lines, etc) in or on
- verb, slang to obtain something desired, esp to purchase an illegal drug
- verb, slang (of a man) to be successful in seducing a person
- verb, a) to set or arrange (a piece of music) for specific instruments or voices b) to write the music for (a film, play, etc)
- verb, to achieve (success or an advantage)
- verb, to criticize harshly; berate
- verb, to accumulate or keep a record of (a debt)
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©HarperCollins 2008. Collins English Dictionary definition of score