See Also: score 1, noun(dictionary)
Score(money)
score(medicine)
raw score(medicine)
Z score(finance)
Z Score(money)
lod score(medicine)
score(1)(dictionary)
score(2)(dictionary)
score(encyclopedia)

score 1, noun (oh)



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1 ?in a game?
2 ?in a test or experiment?
3 ?music?
4 on that score
5 know the score
6 settle a score
7 ?mark?
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[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Old Norse; Origin: skor 'mark cut into a surface, count, twenty']
?IN A GAME?
the number of points that each team or player has won in a game or competition
::At half-time the score was one-all.
::What's the score?
::Is anybody keeping score (=making a record of the score) ?
::The final score was Southampton two, Leeds United nil.
score of
::a score of 3-2
?IN A TEST OR EXPERIMENT?
a) the number of points a student has earned for correct answers in a test
::The school's test scores have not improved.
score of
::a score of 90%
b) the number of points that a person or group of people gets in a scientific test or experiment
score of
::He had an IQ score of 120.
?MUSIC?
a written or printed copy of a piece of music, especially for a large group of performers, or the music itself
::a musical score
::Who wrote the score for the movie?
on that score
spoken concerning the particular thing you have just mentioned
::As for the cost, you don't need to worry on that score.
know the score
informal to know the real facts of a situation, including any unpleasant ones
::We are trying to attract managers who know the score.
settle a score
to do something to harm or hurt someone who has harmed or hurt you in the past
::Jack came back after five years to settle some old scores .
?MARK?
a mark that has been cut onto a surface with a sharp tool
::deep scores in the wood