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Synonyms
score

noun

  1. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance): "she made good marks in algebra"
  2. a written form of a musical composition: parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
  3. a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest: "the score was 7 to 0"
  4. a set of twenty members: "a score were sent out but only one returned"
  5. grounds: "don't do it on my account"
  6. the facts about an actual situation: "he didn't know the score"
  7. an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar): "add it to my score and I'll settle later"
  8. a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
  9. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation: "holding a grudge"
  10. the act of scoring in a game or sport: "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
  11. a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse: "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang"

verb

  1. gain points in a game: "The home team scored many times"
  2. make small marks into the surface of: "score the clay before firing it"
  3. make underscoring marks
  4. write a musical score for