score

CEFRA2

/skɔː/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The number of points earned in a game or test.

  2. 02

    verb

    To gain points in a game or competition.

Examples

  • The lower a golf score is, the better.

  • I almost got a perfect score.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /skoɹ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.

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

More examples

In context

  • What was the score at halftime?

  • The player with the highest score is the winner.

  • The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!

Synonyms

Quick test

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

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Origin

noun

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.