score

Universal Words noun, verb noun points / goals, etc. 1 [C] the number of points, goals, etc. scored by each player or team in a game or competition: a high / low score * What's the score now? * The final score was 43. * I'll keep (the) score. * A penalty in the last minute of the game levelled the score 22. 2 [C] (especially AmE) the number of points sb gets for correct answers in a test: college entrance test scores * an IQ score of 120 * a perfect score music 3 [C] a written or printed version of a piece of music showing what each instrument is to play or what each voice is to sing: an orchestral score * the score of Verdi's 'Requiem' 4 [C] the music written for a film/movie or play: The film picked up awards for best director and best original score. twenty 5 [C] (plural score) a set or group of 20 or approximately 20: Several cabs and a score of cars were parked outside. * Doyle's success brought imitators by the score (= very many). * the biblical age of three score years and ten (= 70) many 6 (scores) [pl.] very many: There were scores of boxes and crates, all waiting to be checked and loaded. cut 7 [C] a cut in a surface, made with a sharp tool facts about situation 8 (the score) [sing.] (informal) the real facts about the present situation: What's the score? * You don't have to lie to me. I know the score. IDIOMS on that / this score as far as that/this is concerned: You don't have to worry on that score. moreatEVENv., SETTLEv. verb give / get points / goals 1 to win points, goals, etc. in a game or competition: [V] Fraser scored again in the second half. * [VN] to score a goal / try / touchdown / victory 2 [V] to keep a record of the points, goals, etc. won in a game or competition: Who's going to score? 3 to gain marks in a test or an exam: [VN] She scored 98% in the French test. * [V] Girls usually score highly in language exams. 4 [VN] to give sth/sb a particular number of points: The tests are scored by psychologists. * Score each criterion on a scale of 1 to 5. * a scoring system 5 [VN] to be worth a particular number of points: Each correct answer will score two points. succeed 6 to succeed; to have an advantage: [VN] The army continued to score successes in the south. * [V] She's scored again with her latest blockbuster. * Bicycles score over other forms of transport in towns. arrange / write music 7 [VN] [usuallypassive] ~ sth (for sth) to arrange a piece of music for one or more musical instruments or for voices: The piece is scored for violin, viola and cello. * The director invited him to score the movie (= write the music for it). cut 8 [VN] to make a cut or mark on a surface: Score the card first with a knife. have sex 9 [V] ~ (with sb) (slang) (especially of a man) to have sex with a new partner: Did you score last night? buy drugs 10 [VN, V] (slang) to buy or get illegal drugs IDIOMS score a point / points (off / against / over sb) = SCOREOFFSB PHRASALVERBS score off sb [nopassive] (especially BrE) to show that you are better than sb, especially by making clever remarks, for example in an argument: He was always trying to score off his teachers. score sth<->out / through to draw a line or lines through sth: Her name had been scored out on the list.