score
🇺🇸
/skɔːr/
🇬🇧
/skɔː(r)/
verb
A2
to get points in a game
He scored a goal to help his team win.
R
to write down points in a game
Can you keep the score for our match?
B1
to get marks in a test
She scored high on the math test.
R
to give points to something
Score each answer from 1 to 10.
R
to be worth points
Each correct answer will score one point.
R
to do well; to have a good result
Electric cars score over gas cars in cities.
R
to write music for instruments or voices
He was asked to score the film's music.
R
to cut a line on a surface
Score the paper before folding it.
R
to have sex with someone new
He tried to score at the party.
R
to buy or get illegal drugs
He went out to score some drugs.
noun
A2
the points in a game
The score was 3 to 2 at halftime.
A2
the marks in a test
Her test score was the highest in class.
R
written music for instruments or voices
He read the score while playing the piano.
R
music for a movie or play
The movie's score was very emotional.
R
a group of twenty
A score of people waited in line.
R
many
Scores of birds flew south for winter.
R
a cut on a surface
There was a deep score on the table.
R
the real situation
What's the score with the new boss?
translation
to get points in a game; to write down points in a game; to get marks in a test; to give points to something; to be worth points; to do well; to have a good result; to write music for instruments or voices; to cut a line on a surface; to have sex with someone new; to buy or get illegal drugs
the points in a game; the marks in a test; written music for instruments or voices; music for a movie or play; a group of twenty; many; a cut on a surface; the real situation
Word Forms
3rd Present
scores
Past
scored
Perfect
scored
Progressive
scoring
Plural
scores