Definitions
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noun
The number of points or goals a player or team has in a game.
Examples
- The final score was three to one.
- He checked the score at halftime.
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noun
The points of each side in a game, shown as numbers.
Examples
- The score was 21 to 14 in the fourth quarter.
- She kept track of the score during the match.
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noun
A number or grade you get on a test.
Examples
- She got a perfect score on the exam.
- His test score put him in the advanced class.
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noun
The number twenty.
Examples
- Four score years is eighty years.
- A score of people came to the meeting.
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noun
In old archery, a distance of twenty yards.
Examples
- The archer stood a score from the target.
- Marksmen practiced at several scores of distance.
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noun
In old use, a weight of twenty pounds.
Examples
- The old recipe called for a score of flour.
- Merchants weighed the grain by the score.
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noun
A period of twenty years.
Examples
- He had lived nearly a score in that house.
- A score had passed since they last met.
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noun
In old use, twenty pounds of money.
Examples
- He paid a score for the horse.
- The debt came to several scores.
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noun
A large number of things or people.
Examples
- Scores of people came to the event.
- There were scores of complaints after the news.
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noun
In informal speech, money won by gambling.
Examples
- He walked away from the table with a nice score.
- She celebrated her big score at the casino.