Definition of Scores
Noun: scores skorz
- A large number or amount
"made scores of new friends";
- tons, dozens, heaps, lots, piles, stacks, loads, rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs [N. Amer], scads [N. Amer], lashings [Brit], many, masses [Brit]
- A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
"what was your score on your homework?";
- mark, grade
- 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";
- musical score
- A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest
"the score was 7 to 0"
- A set of twenty members
"a score were sent out but only one returned"
- Grounds
"he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful";
- account
- The facts about an actual situation
"he didn't know the score"
- An amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
"add it to my score and I'll settle later"
- A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
- scotch
- A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
"settling a score";
- grudge, grievance
- The act of scoring in a game or sport
"the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
- A seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
"calling his seduction of the girl a 'score' was a typical example of male slang";
- sexual conquest
- Gain points in a game
"The home team scored many times";
- hit, tally, rack up
- Make small marks into the surface of
"score the clay before firing it";
- nock, mark
- Make underscoring marks
- mark
- (music) write a musical score for
- Induce to have sex
"Did you score last night?";
- seduce, make
- Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
"She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
- Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
"score the SAT essays";
- grade, mark
- (informal) successfully get someone to be one's date or sex partner
"he scored last night";
- pull [Brit]
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