score
/skoɹ/ verb B1- To cut a notch or a groove in a surface. · The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
- To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
- To obtain something desired.
- To earn points in a game. · It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.· Pelé scores again!
- To achieve academic credit on a test, quiz, homework, assignment, or course.
- To win money by gambling.
- To acquire or gain. · I scored some drugs last night.· Did you score tickets for the concert?
- To extract a bribe.
Plural score · He/she/it scores · Past scored · Past participle scored · -ing form scoring
Verb forms
- Base form
- score
- He/she/it
- scores
- Past
- scored
- Past participle
- scored
- -ing form
- scoring
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“No, no, be easy on that score; the family is extinct.
His face was gaunt and swarthy, scored with deep, savage lines.
“Be easy on that score, M.
I have no wish ever to score at their expense.
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