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a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
what was your score on your homework?
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a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages
he studied the score of the sonata
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a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
the score was 7 to 0
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a set of twenty members
a score were sent out but only one returned
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grounds
he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful
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the facts about an actual situation
he didn't know the score
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an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
add it to my score and I'll settle later
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a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
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a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
settling a score
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the act of scoring in a game or sport
the winning score came with less than a minute left to play
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a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
calling his seduction of the girl a 'score' was a typical example of male slang
'score' - used as a verb
12.
gain points in a game
The home team scored many times
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make small marks into the surface of
score the clay before firing it
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make underscoring marks
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write a musical score for
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induce to have sex
Did you score last night?
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get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
She scored high on the SAT
He scored a 200
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assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
score the SAT essays
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1. Score / Plural
scores
2. Score / Past
scored
3. Score / Third Person
scores
4. Score / Present Participle
scoring
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