How do you use the word "score" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "score": I almost got a perfect score. What was the score at halftime?

Score Meaning

/skɔː/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.

nounThe number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

Sentence Examples

I almost got a perfect score.

What was the score at halftime?

The lower a golf score is, the better.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

hit mark grade

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

To win the game, the player had to ____ at least three goals.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The pianist performed the entire ____ from memory without a single mistake.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear. For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting the role of environmental factors instead." — 2018 June 13, Rory Smith, “IQ scores are falling and have been for decades, new study finds”, in CNN:

"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." — 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address_(Bliss_copy)), near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN, Bliss copy, page 1:

"I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch." — 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Braekstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 152:

"At Markes full fortie score they vs'd to Prick and Roue." — 1612, Michael Drayton, chapter 26, in [John Selden], editor, Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of Tracts, Riuers, Mountaines, Forests, and Other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britaine, […], London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for M[athew] Lownes; I[ohn] Browne; I[ohn] Helme; I[ohn] Busbie, →OCLC:

"DEVLIN:You know the apple and core. Head might cost you a score, or more if you want a meat show on all fours." — 2012 September 9, “Deepest Shame (New Machine Remix)”, performed by Plan B,Chip,Devlin:

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