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score

noun
/skɔː/UK/skoɹ/US/sko(ː)ɹ/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score 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.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻
  2. derived from *skurō✻
  3. derived from skor
  4. inherited from scoru
  5. inherited from score

Definitions

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

    • The player with the highest score is the winner.

  2. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio…

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

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

  3. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a…

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

    • The test scores for this class were high.
  4. ›+ 20 more definitions

    1. Twenty (20).

      • Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
      • I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch.

    2. A great deal

      A great deal; many, several.

      • Some words have scores of meanings.

    3. An amount of money won in gambling

      An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.

      • Use a few “introductory plays” to become known to a casino before you go for a big score.

    4. The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.

    5. The music of a movie or play.

    6. A subject.

      • Well, although we haven't discussed the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not [being], we've done enough on that score.

    7. An account

      An account; a reason; a motive; a sake; a behalf.

      • But left the trade, as many more / Have lately done on the same score.
      • You act your kindneſs on Cydaria’s ſcore.
      • The local village priest is expected to pass through the Holi bonfire, which, in the opinion of the faithful, cannot burn him. Indeed he holds his land rent-free simply on the score of his being fire-proof.

    8. A notch or incision

      A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.

      • Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used.

    9. An account or reckoning

      An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.

      • He parted well, and paid his score.

    10. A criminal act, especially

      A criminal act, especially:

      • Let's pull a score!
      • Batman: Dangerous crowd you're stealing from. Catwoman: Jesus. Is this how you get your kicks, hon? Sneaking up on girls in the dark? Batman: Is that why you work in the club? It was all just a score?

    11. A sexual conquest.

      • Ah, who gives a shit? The only score I'm interested in is the one I might make if some foxy chicks start pilin' outta there.

    12. In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.

      • Above the harbour, steeply up the hill, run The Bolts, narrow stepped passages, equivalent of The Scores of Lowestoft and The Rows of Great Yarmouth.

    13. A document which systematically lists differences among compiled manuscripts of a source…

      A document which systematically lists differences among compiled manuscripts of a source text.

    14. To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.

      • The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.

    15. To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.

    16. To obtain something desired.

      • "Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it."
      • In the past decade gay people have scored a number of significant advances.

    17. To rate

      To rate; to evaluate the quality of.

      • Critics scored the game 92%.
      • […] this was the case for most students, who scored it highly (medians of 4 with many scores of 5) […]

    18. To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

      • Godfather II is nothing like ready. It is not yet scored, and thus not mixed. There remain additional shooting, looping, editing.
      • Robertson scored several of Scorsese’s films, including Raging Bull, Casino, The Wolf of Wall Street and The Irishman.

    19. To return (a horse and rider) to the starting-point repeatedly, until a fair start is…

      To return (a horse and rider) to the starting-point repeatedly, until a fair start is achieved.

      • […] and the scoring for a start by these "inferior" horses would kill a thoroughbred. As an instance, in the 2:27 race at Cleveland, last summer, twelve horses scored seventeen times before they got a fair start.

    20. An acknowledgement of success.

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Derived

Apgar score, Baux score, box score, buzz score, by the score, credit score, cricket score, eightscore, elevenscore, even the score, film score, fivescore, fourscore, four score and seven years ago, four score and ten, four score seven years ago, full score, game score, GERP score, Gleason score, go off at score, ground score, high score, hi-score, high score table, high-score table, keep score, know the score, major score, ninescore, no score, no-score draw, on that score, on this score, on what score, outscore, overscore, pain score, pay off old scores, Q score · +36 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at score. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at score. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at score

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA