score

  1. Noun.  The total number of points earned by a participant in a game.
  2. Noun.  The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
  3. Noun.  Twenty, 20 (''number'').
  4. Noun.  (music) One or more parts of a musical composition in a format indicating how the composition is to be played.
  5. Noun.  (cricket) A presentation of how many runs a side has scored, and how many wickets have been lost.
  6. Noun.  (cricket) The number of runs scored by a batsman, or by a side, in either an innings or a match.
  7. Noun.  subject.
  8. Verb.  (intransitive) To earn points in a game.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) To earn (points) in a game.
  10. Verb.  (intransitive) To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
  11. Verb.  (intransitive) To record (the score) for a game or a match.
  12. Verb.  (transitive) To scratch (paper or cardboard) with a sharp implement to make it easier to fold.
  13. Verb.  (transitive) To make fine, shallow lines with a sharp implement as cutting indications.
  14. Verb.  (intransitive, slang) To have sexual intercourse.
  15. Verb.  (transitive, slang) To acquire or gain.
  16. Verb.  (intransitive) To obtain something desired.
  17. Verb.  (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

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