score

score¹ W2S3 [sko: US sko:r] n

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1¦(in a game)¦

2¦(in a test or experiment)¦

3¦(music)¦

4 on that score

5 know the score

6 settle a score

7¦(mark)¦

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[Date: 1000-1100; : Old Norse; Origin: skor 'mark cut into a surface, count, twenty']

1.) ¦(IN A GAME)¦

the number of points that each team or player has won in a game or competition

▪ At half-time the score was one-all.

▪ What's the score?

▪ Is anybody keeping score (=making a record of the score) ?

▪ The final score was Southampton two, Leeds United nil.

score of

▪ a score of 3-2

2.) ¦(IN A TEST OR EXPERIMENT)¦

a) the number of points a student has earned for correct answers in a test

▪ The school's test scores have not improved.

score of

▪ a score of 90%

b) the number of points that a person or group of people gets in a scientific test or ↑experiment

score of

▪ He had an IQ score of 120.

3.) ¦(MUSIC)¦

a written or printed copy of a piece of music, especially for a large group of performers, or the music itself

▪ a musical score

▪ Who wrote the score for the movie?

4.) on that score

spoken concerning the particular thing you have just mentioned

▪ As for the cost, you don't need to worry on that score.

5.) know the score informal

to know the real facts of a situation, including any unpleasant ones

▪ We are trying to attract managers who know the score.

6.) settle a score

to do something to harm or hurt someone who has harmed or hurt you in the past

▪ Jack came back after five years to settle some old scores .

7.) ¦(MARK)¦

a mark that has been cut onto a surface with a sharp tool

▪ deep scores in the wood

score ²

score² W2 v

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1¦(win points)¦

2¦(give points)¦

3 score points

4¦(succeed)¦

5¦(have sex)¦

6¦(line)¦

7¦(music)¦

8¦(get drugs)¦

Phrasal verbs

　score off somebody

　score something<=>out/through

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1.) ¦(WIN POINTS)¦ [I and T]

to win a point in a sport, game, competition, or test

▪ Great cheers went up when he scored in the final minute of the game.

▪ She scored an average of 9.9 in the test.

score a goal/point/run etc

▪ He has scored 12 goals so far this season.

2.) ¦(GIVE POINTS)¦ [T]

to give a particular number of points in a game, competition, test, or ↑experiment

= ↑mark

▪ Each event will be scored separately.

▪ Responses to the individual items are scored on a scale ranging from 0 to 12.

3.) score points

a) also score off sb BrE

to say or do something in an attempt to prove that you are better or cleverer than someone else

▪ Too many MPs use debates as a chance to score political points.

score points over/off

▪ Advertising may be used to score points off the competition.

b) informal to do or say something to please someone or to make them respect you

score points with

▪ You'll score points with your girlfriend if you send her roses.

4.) ¦(SUCCEED)¦ [I and T] informal

to be very successful in something you do

▪ Her new book has scored a spectacular success .

5.) ¦(HAVE SEX)¦ [i]informal

to have sex with someone, especially someone you have just met

6.) ¦(LINE)¦ [T]

to mark a line on a piece of paper, wood etc using a sharp instrument

▪ Scoring the paper first makes it easier to fold.

7.) ¦(MUSIC)¦ [T usually passive]

to arrange a piece of music for a group of instruments or voices

8.) ¦(GET DRUGS)¦ [I and T] informal

to manage to buy or get illegal drugs

score off [score off sb] phr v

to say or do something in an attempt to prove that you are better or cleverer than someone else

▪ He liked scoring off his pupils in his days as a teacher.

score out/through [score sth<=>out/through] phr v

to draw a line through something that has been written

score ³

score³ number

1.) plural score

a group of 20, or about 20, people or things

a score of sth

▪ Our coach was escorted by a score of policemen.

three score years and ten

old use (=70 years, a person's expected length of life)

2.) scores of sth

a lot of people or things

▪ Scores of victims were killed.

3.) by the score

in large numbers

▪ Friends came to help by the score.