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English noun: score | |||
| 1. | score (cognition) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) | ||
| Samples | She made good marks in algebra. Grade A milk. What was your score on your homework?. | ||
| Synonyms | grade, mark | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | evaluation, rating, valuation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | centile, decile, grade point, percentile, quartile | ||
| 2. | score (communication) a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages | ||
| Samples | He studied the score of the sonata. | ||
| Synonyms | musical score | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sheet music | ||
| Part holonym | musical notation | ||
| 3. | score (quantity) a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest | ||
| Samples | The score was 7 to 0. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | number | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | baseball score, basketball score, birdie, bogey, bowling score, deficit, double eagle, double-bogey, duck, duck's egg, eagle, football score, game, lead, love, match, par, stroke | ||
| Part holonym | point | ||
| 4. | score (group) a set of twenty members | ||
| Samples | A score were sent out but only one returned. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | set | ||
| 5. | score (motive) grounds | ||
| Samples | Don't do it on my account. The paper was rejected on account of its length. He tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful. | ||
| Synonyms | account | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ground, reason | ||
| 6. | score (cognition) the facts about an actual situation | ||
| Samples | He didn't know the score. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | fact | ||
| 7. | score (state) an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar) | ||
| Samples | Add it to my score and I'll settle later. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | debt | ||
| 8. | score (shape) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) | ||
| Synonyms | scotch | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dent, incision, prick, scratch, slit | ||
| 9. | score (feeling) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation | ||
| Samples | Holding a grudge. Settling a score. | ||
| Synonyms | grievance, grudge | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour, resentment | ||
| 10. | score (act) the act of scoring in a game or sport | ||
| Samples | The winning score came with less than a minute left to play. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | success | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | basket, break, break, break of serve, bull's eye, conversion, equalizer, field goal, field goal, goal, hat trick, open frame, run, safety, spare, strike, tally, ten-strike, touchdown | ||
| 11. | score (act) a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse | ||
| Samples | Calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang. | ||
| Synonyms | sexual conquest | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conquest, seduction | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cuckoldry | ||
English verb: score | |||
| 1. | score (competition) gain points in a game | ||
| Samples | The home team scored many times. He hit a home run. He hit .300 in the past season. | ||
| Synonyms | hit, rack up, tally | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | advance, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, pull ahead, win | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ace, convert, convert, convert, eagle, equalise, equalize, get, get even, have, hole up, homer, kick, make, par, shoot, walk | ||
| Entail | compete, contend, vie | ||
| 2. | score (contact) make small marks into the surface of | ||
| Samples | Score the clay before firing it. | ||
| Synonyms | mark, nock | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | notch | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | line, scarify, scotch, scribe | ||
| Verb group | mark, pit, pock, scar | ||
| 3. | score (communication) make underscoring marks | ||
| Synonyms | mark | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enter, put down, record | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cancel, invalidate | ||
| 4. | score (creation) write a musical score for | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue score the movie | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | compose, write | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | orchestrate | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
| 5. | score (contact) induce to have sex | ||
| Samples | Harry finally seduced Sally. Did you score last night?. Harry made Sally. | ||
| Synonyms | make, seduce | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | persuade | ||
| Entail | bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | ||
| Verb group | seduce | ||
| 6. | score (competition) get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance | ||
| Samples | She scored high on the SAT. He scored a 200. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s Adjective. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accomplish, achieve, attain, reach | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | test | ||
| 7. | score (cognition) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation | ||
| Samples | Grade tests. Score the SAT essays. Mark homework. | ||
| Synonyms | grade, mark | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | appraise, assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value | ||
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