Definition of score

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of score is as below...

Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..

Lern More About Score

Score :: Score (v. t.) To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Hundred :: Hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C..
Three-score :: Three-score (a.) Thrice twenty; sixty.
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Hundred :: Hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars..
Crescendo :: Crescendo (a. & adv.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score..
Notch :: Notch (v. t.) To cut or make notches in ; to indent; also, to score by notches; as, to notch a stick..
Partition :: Partition (v.) A score.
Underline :: Underline (v. t.) To mark a line below, as words; to underscore..
Deuce :: Deuce (n.) A condition of the score beginning whenever each side has won three strokes in the same game (also reckoned 40 all), and reverted to as often as a tie is made until one of the sides secures two successive strokes following a tie or deuce, which decides the game..
Sevenscore :: Sevenscore (n. & a.) Seven times twenty, that is, a hundred and forty..
Score :: Score (v. t.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9..
Lurch :: Lurch (n.) A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch.
Tie :: Tie (v. t.) An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race..
Underscore :: Underscore (v. t.) To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
Lap :: Lap (n.) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game..
Run :: Run (n.) In baseball, a complete circuit of the bases made by a player, which enables him to score one; in cricket, a passing from one wicket to the other, by which one point is scored; as, a player made three runs; the side went out with two hundred runs..
Sixty :: Sixty (a.) Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us