English

Pronunciation
(RP): AHD|skô, IPA|/sk��/, SAMPA|/skO:/
(US): AHD|skôr, IPA|/sko�r/, IPA|/sk��r/, SAMPA|/skO:r/
audio|en-us-score.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: rhymes:English:-��(r)|-��(r)

Etymology
From the OE. scora, notch (and hence, a tally). (For twenty: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.)

Noun
en-noun

1. The total number of points earned by a participant in a game.

#: The score is 4-0 although it's not even half-time!

1. archaic Twenty, 20 (number).

#: Some words have scores of meanings.
#* 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
#*: "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."

1. music A book or set of pages showing all the parts for a musical composition.
2. cricket A presentation of how many runs a side has scored, and how many wickets have been lost.

#: England had a score of 107 for 5 at lunch.

1. cricket The number of runs scored by a batsman, or by a side, in either an innings or a match.
2. subject

#* 2005, w:Plato|Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination|245e.
#*: Well, although we haven't discusse the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not <being>, we've done enough on that score.

Translations
trans-top|number of points earned
Arabic: ARchar|اصابة IPAchar|(�i�ába) f
Chinese: �� (déf�n)
Crimean Tatar: ball#Crimean Tatar|ball
Dutch: stand#Dutch|stand
Finnish: tilanne, tulos, päätösnumerot, pistemäärä
French: nombre de point#French|points m
German: Spielergebnis n, Spielstand m
Hungarian: eredmény
Italian: punteggio m
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Japanese: ��� (sukoa)
Korean: �� (deukjeom)
Portuguese: marcador m
Romanian: scor m
Russian: ���� (s�ot) m
Spanish: tantos m|p
Swedish: poängsumma
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trans-top|twenty
Finnish: tiu
Sindhi: SDchar|ÚªÙ�Ú� (korr) m
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trans-top|book containing musical composition
Finnish: partituuri
French: partition f
German: Partitur f
Hungarian: partitúra
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Italian: spartito m
Spanish: partitura f
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Derived terms
go off at score
scorecard

Verb
en-verb|scor|ing

1. intransitive To earn points in a game.

#: Pelé scores again!

1. transitive To earn points in a game.

#: It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.

1. transitive To scratch (paper or cardboard) with a sharp implement to make it easier to fold.
2. transitive slang To obtain (usually used in reference to illegal drugs, but often sex with a casual partner).

<!-- This includes in the previous one, doesn't it?

1. intransitive slang To have sexual intercourse. -->

Translations
trans-top|(intransitive) to earn points in a game
Finnish: saada piste|pisteitä, tehdä maali|maaleja
German: treffen, punkten
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Mandarin: �� (déf�n)
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trans-top|(transitive) to earn points in a game
Finnish: saada piste|pisteitä, tehdä maali|maaleja
French: gagner
German: erzielen, (einen Treffer) landen, (ein Tor) schie�en, (einen Punkt) machen
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Russian: пол��а�� (о�ки)
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trans-top|(transitive) to scratch paper
German: anritzen
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trans-top|(transitive) to obtain drugs or sex
Finnish: saada
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• 2007-12-07 06:17 - AutoFormat - gender -{{m}} {{p}} +{{m|p}}, trans link [[Crimean Tatar]], trans link [[Sindhi]]

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