score

1. noun

1)

the final score was 4 – 3

Syn:

result, outcome; total, sum total, tally, count

2)

an IQ score of 161

Syn:

rating, grade, mark, percentage

3)

I've got a score to settle with you

Syn:

grievance, grudge, complaint; dispute, bone of contention; (score to settle) bone to pick, ax to grind

4) informal

he knew the score before he got here

Syn:

the situation, the position, the facts, the truth of the matter, the (true) state of affairs, the picture, how things stand, the lay of the land; informal what's what, what the deal is/was

5) (scores)

scores of complaints

Syn:

a great many, a lot, a great/good deal, large quantities, plenty; informal lots, umpteen, a slew, loads, masses, stacks, scads, heaps, piles, bags, tons, oodles, dozens, hundreds, thousands, millions, billions, gazillions, a bunch

2. verb

1)

Lou's already scored 13 goals this season

Syn:

net, bag, rack up, chalk up, tally, notch, record; get, gain, achieve, make

2) informal

his new movie really scored

Syn:

be successful, be a success, triumph, make an impression, go down well; informal be a hit, be a winner, be a sellout

3)

the piece was scored for flute and violin

Syn:

orchestrate, arrange, set, adapt; write, compose

4)

score the wood in crisscross patterns

Syn:

scratch, cut, notch, incise, scrape, nick, chip, gouge; mark

5) informal

he was hoping to score on his date tonight

Syn:

get lucky, have sex, go all the way, do it

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- score points off