Meaning of "score" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCORE

Old English scora; related to Old Norse skor notch, tally, twenty.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SCORE

score  [skɔː]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCORE

Score is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb score in English.

WHAT DOES SCORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Score

Score or scorer may refer to: ▪ Test score, the result of an exam or test ▪ A groove cut into a surface in engineering ▪ A joining technique in pottery ▪ Term for robbery ▪ Score, slang for sexual intercourse and other sexual activities ▪ Scoreboarding, a centralized method for dynamically scheduling a pipeline in the CDC 6600 computer...

Definition of score in the English dictionary

The first definition of score in the dictionary is an evaluative, usually numerical, record of a competitive game or match. Other definition of score is the total number of points made by a side or individual in a game or match. Score is also the act of scoring, esp a point or points.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SCORE

PRESENT

Present

I score

you score

he/she/it scores

we score

you score

they score

Present continuous

I am scoring

you are scoring

he/she/it is scoring

we are scoring

you are scoring

they are scoring

Present perfect

I have scored

you have scored

he/she/it has scored

we have scored

you have scored

they have scored

Present perfect continuous

I have been scoring

you have been scoring

he/she/it has been scoring

we have been scoring

you have been scoring

they have been scoring

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I scored

you scored

he/she/it scored

we scored

you scored

they scored

Past continuous

I was scoring

you were scoring

he/she/it was scoring

we were scoring

you were scoring

they were scoring

Past perfect

I had scored

you had scored

he/she/it had scored

we had scored

you had scored

they had scored

Past perfect continuous

I had been scoring

you had been scoring

he/she/it had been scoring

we had been scoring

you had been scoring

they had been scoring

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will score

you will score

he/she/it will score

we will score

you will score

they will score

Future continuous

I will be scoring

you will be scoring

he/she/it will be scoring

we will be scoring

you will be scoring

they will be scoring

Future perfect

I will have scored

you will have scored

he/she/it will have scored

we will have scored

you will have scored

they will have scored

Future perfect continuous

I will have been scoring

you will have been scoring

he/she/it will have been scoring

we will have been scoring

you will have been scoring

they will have been scoring

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would score

you would score

he/she/it would score

we would score

you would score

they would score

Conditional continuous

I would be scoring

you would be scoring

he/she/it would be scoring

we would be scoring

you would be scoring

they would be scoring

Conditional perfect

I would have score

you would have score

he/she/it would have score

we would have score

you would have score

they would have score

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been scoring

you would have been scoring

he/she/it would have been scoring

we would have been scoring

you would have been scoring

they would have been scoring

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you score
we let´s score
you score

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to score

Past participle

scored

Present Participle

scoring

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SCORE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «score» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of score

account · achieve · acquire · adapt · amass · arrange · arrangement · attain · bag · basis · bill · bone of contention · bring in · buy · cause · chalk up · charge · complaint · compose · composition · count · crosshatch · cut · debt · deface · dispute · droves · gain · gash · get · gouge · grade · graze · grievance · ground · grounds · grudge · hundreds · impress · indent · injury · injustice · keep count · loads · lots · make · many · mar · mark · masses · millions · net · nick · notch · obtain · orchestrate · orchestration · outcome · pay for · percentage · points · procure · purchase · rating · reason · reckoning · record · register · result · scrape · scratch · set · slash · soundtrack · tab · tally · total · triumph · turf war · twenty · win · write · wrong

TRANSLATION OF SCORE

Find out the translation of score to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of score from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «score» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 得分
• Translator English - Spanish: marcador
• English: score
• Translator English - Hindi: स्कोर
• Translator English - Arabic: مَجْمُوع نُقاط
• Translator English - Russian: счет
• Translator English - Portuguese: resultado
• Translator English - Bengali: স্কোর
• Translator English - French: score
• Translator English - Malay: Skor
• Translator English - German: Punktestand
• Translator English - Japanese: 得点
• Translator English - Korean: 득점
• Translator English - Javanese: Skor
• Translator English - Vietnamese: tỷ số
• Translator English - Tamil: மதிப்பெண்
• Translator English - Marathi: धावसंख्या
• Translator English - Turkish: Gol
• Translator English - Italian: punteggio
• Translator English - Polish: wynik
• Translator English - Ukrainian: очко
• Translator English - Romanian: scor
• Translator English - Greek: σκορ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: telling
• Translator English - Swedish: ställning
• Translator English - Norwegian: poeng

10 QUOTES WITH «SCORE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word score.

1

Jason Aldean

My golf score is really bad. I don't know. I'm definitely not a good golfer. Off the tee box, I can drive it about 275, and I'm in the fairway about 99% of the time. It's my next shot that needs work.

2

Piers Anthony

Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale.

3

Paul Arden

Without having a goal, it's difficult to score.

4

Ron Atkinson

Zero-zero is a big score.

5

Graeme Base

My only real hobby is playing music. I write a lot of music on guitar and keyboards and hope one day to make a record or maybe even write the score for a film.

6

Gary Bauer

Liberals need to take the advice they routinely give to conservatives: that there are consequences to their divisive rhetoric, and that in their attempts to score political points, they are also inciting violence.

7

Danny Bautista

We didn't score any runs today. That's not my fault.

8

Henry Chadwick

The Nationals tried hard to recover the lost ground. The final result, however, was the success of the Forest Citys by a score of 29 to 23 in a nine innings game, twice interrupted by rain.

9

Brandi Chastain

I was a part of Backyard Soccer, and I hear that I score a lot of goals in it.

10

Jim Coleman

With Frat House, at times I needed to make music that would reflect what these fraternity brothers might actually listen to, but still keep it within the realm of a score; it still had to lead the viewer through the scene, or just help create the mood.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCORE»

Discover the use of score in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to score and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games

The pictorial content of this book represents a glimpse at great milestones of our recent past that are quickly going to be impossible to see, perhaps ever again, outside this volume.

Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, 2004

Your Credit Score: How to Improve the 3-Digit Number That ...

"Recommended reading!" --"Wall Street Journal "Online "A great credit score can help you finish rich! Liz Weston gives solid, easy-to-understand advice about how to improve your credit fast. Read this book and prosper.

Liz Pulliam Weston, 2011

Up Your Score: The Underground Guide to the SAT

There's more: Insider college admissions advice What to do if you have a nasty proctor The Up Your Score Lower Your Stress Plan The SAT and the internet A recipe for Sweet and Tasty 800 Bars and how to smuggle them into the testing hall How ...

Manek Mistry, 2008

S.C.O.R.E. for Life

We seek the insights that will liberate us from anxiety and self-doubt. In this book, Jim Fannin shares a collection of ideas and daily exercises that transform everyday performers into true champions.

Jim Fannin, 2009

Up Your Score, 2013-2014 edition: The Underground Guide to ...

Written for students by students, Up Your Score is the book kids will actually want to use to help them ace the test.

Larry Berger, Michael Colton, JaJa Liao, 2012

Target Score Teacher's Book: A Communicative Course for ...

Presents a collection of lessons to prepare students to take the TOEIC exam.

Charles Talcott, Graham Tullis, 2007

The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership

The last lecture on leadership by the NFL's greatest coach: Bill Walsh Bill Walsh is a towering figure in the history of the NFL.

Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh, 2009

Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor

(Meredith Music Resource). This outstanding "one-of-a-kind" text was designed to assist the conductor in achieving a personal interpretation of music.

Frank L. Battisti, Robert Joseph Garofalo, 1990

The Black-white Test Score Gap

The book offers a comprehensive look at the factors that contribute to the test score gap and discusses options for substantially reducing it.

Christopher Jencks, Meredith Phillips, 2011

Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Film ...

This guide demonstrates Morricone's unique and enduring contributions to the art of film music through a discussion of his compositional and orchestrational processes, many of which are evident in his music for The Good, the Bad and the ...

Charles Leinberger, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term score is used in the context of the following news items.

Rivaldo: World Cup winner and son score in same Brazilian match

It was a case of like father, like son when World Cup winner Rivaldo and his son Rivaldinho both scored in a Brazilian second division match. Rivaldo was ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»

Time Warner Cable Has Lowest Customer Satisfaction Score Of All …

TWC managed to score a ridiculously bad 51 out of 100 on the ACSI for its pay-TV service (the Index scores cable companies' pay-TV, broadband, and phone ... «The Consumerist, Jun 15»

Dancing with the Stars Recap: One Couple Gets a Perfect Score …

It's America's Choice week as the race to the semi-finals is on! My colleague Liz is on vacation so I'll be recapping and vining and (not-so-secretly) dancing ... «TV Guide, May 15»

5 Reasons New Lenders Are Ignoring FICO Credit Scores

For years, FICO credit scores have played a disproportionate role in our lives. FICO, which is used by 90% of lenders in America, determines whether or not we ... «Forbes, Apr 15»

Major Airlines Score Higher With Passengers

Major U.S. airlines slightly improved their passenger-satisfaction scores this year, coming in with the best aggregate results in more than two decades, according ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»

Large Study Shows Polygenic SNP Score Can Predict Breast …

None of these polymorphisms are strong predictors of breast cancer risk on their own, but when the researchers combined them into a polygenic scoring strategy ... «GenomeWeb, Apr 15»

FICO Gives Millions a Path Toward a Decent Credit Score

There is already evidence that a new credit-scoring approach by Fair Isaac Corp. will provide a pathway to decent FICO scores for some consumers who ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»

Spielberg-Hanks Cold War Film Titled 'Bridge of Spies,' John …

The film is notable in that it is one of the rare Spielberg projects that will not feature a score composed by John Williams, whose soaring melodies have long ... «Variety, Mar 15»

10 Questions Some Doctors Are Afraid To Ask

Answering those questions would give you an "adverse childhood experiences" score (or ACE score, for short). The test's proponents say that it provides a rough ... «NPR, Mar 15»

Eden Hazard: Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho wants me to score like …

Eden Hazard might be spearheading Chelsea's quest for three trophies this season, but manager Jose Mourinho is still demanding more from his star player. «Daily Mail, Feb 15»