score

IPA: skˈɔr

The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
Twenty, 20.
(gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.
A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
A weight of twenty pounds.
(music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts.
(music) The music of a movie or play.
Subject.
Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
(US, crime, slang) a criminal act, especially:
A robbery.
A bribe paid to a police officer.
An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
A prostitute's client.
(originally US, vulgar, slang) A sexual conquest.
(UK, regional) In the Lowestoft area, a narrow pathway running down a cliff to the beach.

(transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
(intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
(transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.
To earn points in a game.
To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
(gambling) To win money by gambling.
(slang) To acquire or gain.
(US, crime, slang, of a police officer) To extract a bribe.
(vulgar, slang) To obtain a sexual favor.
(transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.

Examples of "score" in Sentences

Personally, I really think that this score is awesome.
Lot of dust flying but in the end the score is the same.
The facetious response would have involved the word "score".
The piano and violin score is haunting and reminiscent of The Nines.
If this score is as good – or, dare I say, better – than the NM score, I shall be one happy girl!
"It doesn't matter what the score is after 3, 4, 5, there's still a lot of game left," Jeter said.
Here is hoping for an improvement in score from a ‘D’ to at least a ‘B’ (or ‘B+’) when you next put ‘pen to paper’.
And the score is a hodgepodge of dreamy ballads, folk and patriotic song parodies and dense bits of sprechstimme, or speak-singing.
To be honest Madge is pretty awful in almost every movie role she chooses Evita was a musical performance above anything else, but Die Another Day bears special mention for both her equally dogawful contribution to the title score, and hopelessly flimsy cameo appearance as a lesbian fencing instructor who jabs "I don't like cockfights".