score1 nounscore2 verbscore3 number
scorescore1 /skɔː $ skɔːr/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINscore1
Origin:
1000-1100 Old Norse skor ‘mark cut into a surface, count, twenty’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Scores on standardized tests have been steadily falling over the past ten years.
- a jazz score
- After two hours and twenty minutes of play, the final score was 3-2.
- At the end of the game, the score was 32-15.
- Average test scores have fallen in recent years.
- Students at King elementary generally have the highest test scores in the city.
- The score at half-time was 12-18.
- The final score was 2-1 to Juventus.
- The final score went up on the scoreboard, and the crowd let out a roar.
- What was the score?
- Williams has written the score for many of Spielberg's movies.
- With only nine seconds left to go, the score is tied at 82.
- Before, archery was a series of flights of shooters aiming at a target and counting up their scores.
- Individual scores were then aggregated to derive shift, department, division, and plant totals.
- On this score they were identical to the preceding game: slow starters with a propensity to give away simple penalties.
- Rentokil's total score was 71.33 out of a possible 90 points.
- The score of 87 represents low or below-average academic aptitude.
- These words would all have the same or a very similar score and would combine exponentially into word paths.
- We provide parents with reading and math scores and high school placements.
Longman Language Activatorto get points in a game or sport
to get points in a game, competition, or sport: · San Francisco scored twice in the last ten minutes of the game.score a point/goal: · Tottenham scored the first goal of the game.· In Scrabble you score points by making words on the board.
informal to score points in a game, competition, or sport: · When you get a total of 5 points it's your turn to throw the dice.· Stevens got only 10 goals in 41 games, and decided to leave the Boston Bruins.
especially American to score points in a game, competition, or sport: · Jordan made 34 points to put his team into the lead.· He ran 30 yards to make his second touchdown of the quarter.
to get a point or points by hitting a ball etc: · The batter hit a home run.· Greg Davis didn't disappoint his teammates, hitting six field goals in six attempts.
when two teams or players have the same score especially British /tie especially American when both players or teams have the same number of points at the end of a game: · "What was the result of the Barcelona v Real Madrid game?" "It was a draw."· The game ended in a tie.
spoken say this when both players or teams have two points, four points etc in a game: · It's two all at the moment, but United seems the better team.· "What was the final score"? "One all."
also equalise British to score a goal or point in a team game such as football, so that the number of points or goals that each team has is equal: · Liverpool equalized in the last minute.· Manchester United were a goal down against Real Madrid when Bobby Charlton equalized.
the points scored in a game or sport a unit you get when you achieve something during a game or competition: · Steve Jones is 15 points ahead.· Damon Hill leads the Formula 1 Championship, with 58 points from 6 races.
the number of points that the two teams or players have in a game: · What's the score?· The score at half-time was 12-18.final score (=the score at the end of the game): · The final score went up on the scoreboard, and the crowd let out a roar.
the point you get when you make the ball go into the net in sports such as football or hockey: · Goal! Right in the last minute, England have scored.get/score a goal: · Florin Raducioiu scored four goals, putting Romania in the lead.
especially British the final number of points at the end of a competition: · Turn to BBC1 for the latest football results.· D'you know the result of the Arsenal game?
the point you get in cricket or baseball: · The West Indies beat Australia by 273 runs.score/get/hit a run: · Camilli scored 936 runs in 12 major-league seasons.
a letter or number that shows how well a student has done a letter that is put on a student's work or on an exam to show how good or bad it is: · I wasn't very happy with the grade on my essay.· Class participation is a quarter of your final grade.good/bad grade: · I need a really good grade on the final exam to pass the class.get a grade: · If he gets good enough grades, he'll get a scholarship to Michigan State.
especially British the number or letter that is put on a student's work to show how good or bad it is: · His mark on the last test gave him a final average of 88%.get a mark: · "What mark did you get?" "B."good/high mark: · She came out with the second highest marks in the class.bad/low/poor mark: · You have to do the course again if you get low marks.get full marks (=get the highest possible marks): · I got full marks in the history test.
American a number which shows how well or badly a student has done in an examination, especially an important exam given to a lot of students: high/low score: · Students at King elementary generally have the highest test scores in the city.score on: · Scores on standardized tests have been steadily falling over the past ten years.
British all the marks that a student gets in a set of tests or examinations, that show whether he or she has been successful or not: · The school's "GCSE" results had been much better the previous year.get good results: · Ceri got better results than she expected.exam results: · David had appaling exam results at school despite his obvious intelligence.
American the average score that a student earns based on all their grades. Usually an A is 4 points, a B is 3 , a C is 2, and a D is 1, and an F is 0: · To be on the honor roll, students must have a GPA of at least 3.5.
the result of a game, competition, election etc the final number of points, votes etc at the end of a competition, election etc. In British English, result can also be used to talk about the end of a game or sports match: · It was a really exciting game, and the result was 2-1 to West Germany.· These are excellent results for the Christian Democratic Party.
the number of points that each team has at the end of a game or competition: · At the end of the game, the score was 32-15.what's the score: · What was the score?final score: · The final score was 2-1 to Juventus.
the points you get when you play a sport a unit used to show what you have achieved in a sport or game: · Steve Jones is 15 points ahead.· Damon Hill led the Formula 1 Championship, with 58 points from 6 races.get/score a point: · We lost the game when the Giants scored 14 points in the last quarter.· In darts, you get 50 points for hitting the bullseye.
the point you get when you make the ball go into the net in sports such as football or hockey: · England's only goal came midway through the second half.score a goal: · Venturini has scored the first goal in each of the two US victories in the Olympics.get a goal: · Spurs got two goals in the last five minutes of the game.an own goal (=when a player sends the ball into the wrong net, and so scores a point for the other team): · We won, but only because of an 88th minute own goal from the other side.
the number of points that the two teams or players have in a game: · What's the score?· The score at half time was 12-18.final score (=the score at the end of the game): · After two hours and twenty minutes of play, the final score was 3-2.
WORD SETSa cappella, adjectiveaccelerando, adjectiveaccompaniment, nounaccompanist, nounaccompany, verbaccordion, nounacid house, nounacoustic, adjectiveadagio, nounallegro, nounandante, adjectiveandante, nounanthem, nounaria, nounarpeggio, nounarr., arrange, verbarrangement, nounatonal, adjectiveback, verbbacking, nounbagpipes, nounbalalaika, nounballad, nounband, nounbandmaster, nounbandsman, nounbandstand, nounbanjo, nounbar, nounbarbershop, nounbaritone, nounbarrel organ, nounbass, nounbass, adjectivebass clef, nounbass guitar, nounbassist, nounbassoon, nounbaton, nounbeat, verbbeat, nounbebop, nounblast, verbblow, verbbluegrass, nounbolero, nounbongos, nounboogie, nounbootleg, nounbow, nounbow, verbbrass band, nounbreve, nounbridge, nounbugle, nounbusk, verbC, nouncabaret, nouncadence, nouncadenza, nouncalypso, nounC & W, canon, nouncantata, nouncanticle, nouncantor, nouncarillon, nouncarol, nouncarol, verbcastanets, nouncatchy, adjectivecellist, nouncello, nounchamber music, nounchamber orchestra, nounchant, verbchant, nounchoir, nounchoirboy, nounchoral, adjectivechorale, nounchord, nounchorister, nounchorus, nounChristmas carol, nounchromatic, adjectiveclapper, nounclarinet, nounclavichord, nounclef, nouncoda, nouncoloratura, nouncombo, nouncompose, verbcomposer, nounconcert, nounconcertgoer, nounconcertina, nounconcertmaster, nounconcerto, nounconduct, verbconductor, nounconsonant, adjectiveconsort, nouncontinuo, nouncontrabass, nouncontralto, nouncor anglais, nouncornet, nouncounterpoint, nouncountertenor, nouncountry and western, nouncountry music, nouncover, verbcover, nouncrescendo, nouncroon, verbcrotchet, nouncut, verbcymbal, nounD, noundamper, noundance, noundance band, noundemo, noundescant, noundidgeridoo, noundiminuendo, noundirge, noundisc jockey, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedissonance, nounditty, nounDixieland, noundo, noundoh, noundominant, noundouble bass, noundownbeat, noundrum, noundrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrum kit, noundrum major, noundrummer, noundrumming, noundrum-roll, noundrumstick, noundub, nounduet, noundulcimer, nounduo, nounear, nouneasy listening, nouneighth note, nounelevator music, nounencore, interjectionensemble, nounexpression, nounf., fa, nounfalsetto, nounfanfare, nounfantasia, nounfiddle, nounfiddler, nounfife, nounfinale, nounfingering, nounflat, adjectiveflat, nounflat, adverbflautist, nounfloor show, nounflourish, nounflute, nounfolk, nounfolk, adjectivefolk music, nounforte, nounforte, adjectivefortissimo, adjectiveforty-five, nounFrench horn, nounfret, nounfugue, nounfunk, nounfunky, adjectiveg, gamelan, noungig, noungig, verbglee club, nounglide, nounglockenspiel, noungong, noungospel, noungrand, noungrand opera, noungrand piano, nounGregorian chant, noungroup, nounguitar, nounhalf note, nounhalf step, nounhammer, nounhard rock, nounharmonic, adjectiveharmonica, nounharmonium, nounharmonize, verbharmony, nounharp, nounharpsichord, nounheavy metal, nounhigh, adjectivehigh-pitched, adjectivehip hop, nounhorn, nounhot, adjectivehouse music, nounhurdy-gurdy, nounhymn, nounimpressionism, nounimpressionist, nounimprovise, verbincidental music, nouninstrument, nouninstrumental, adjectiveinstrumental, nouninstrumentalist, nouninstrumentation, nouninterlude, nouninterval, nounjam, verbjam session, nounjazz, nounjazzy, adjectivejig, nounjingle, nounjungle, nounkaraoke, nounkazoo, nounkettledrum, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkey signature, nounla, nounlament, nounlargo, adjectiveleader, nounledger line, nounlegato, adjectiveleitmotif, nounlento, adjectivelibrettist, nounlibretto, nounlilt, nounlullaby, nounlute, nounlyre, nounlyric, adjectivelyrical, adjectivelyricism, nounlyricist, nounmadrigal, nounmaestro, nounmajor, adjectivemale-voice choir, nounmandolin, nounmaracas, nounmarch, nounmarching band, nounmariachi, nounmarimba, nounmasterclass, nounmedley, nounmellifluous, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemelody, nounmetronome, nounmezzo-soprano, nounmi, nounmiddle C, nounminim, nounminor, adjectiveminstrel, nounminuet, nounmodal, adjectivemode, nounmoderato, adjectivemodulate, verbmolto, adverbmood music, nounmotif, nounmouth organ, nounmouthpiece, nounmovement, nounmusic, nounmusical, adjectivemusical, nounmusical instrument, nounmusically, adverbmusician, nounmusicianship, nounmusicology, nounmusic stand, nounmute, verbmute, nounMuzak, nounnational anthem, nounnatural, adjectivenatural, nounNegro spiritual, nounnocturne, nounnote, nounnumber, nounnumber one, nounnursery rhyme, nounoboe, nounoctave, nounoctet, nounoff-key, adjectiveone-man band, nounopera, nounopera house, nounoperetta, nounopus, nounoratorio, nounorchestra, nounorchestral, adjectiveorchestra pit, nounorchestrate, verborgan, nounorgan grinder, nounorganist, nounovertone, nounoverture, nounp., panpipes, nounpart, nounpart-song, nounpause, nounpeal, verbpedal, nounpeg, nounpenny whistle, nounpercussion, nounperfect pitch, nounPhilharmonic, adjectivephrase, nounphrase, verbphrasing, nounpianissimo, adjectivepianist, nounpiano, nounpiano, adjectivepianola, nounpiccolo, nounpick, verbpick, nounpipe, verbpiped music, nounpiper, nounpitch, nounpitch, verbpizzicato, nounplainchant, nounplainsong, nounplay, verbplayer, nounplayer piano, nounplectrum, nounpluck, verbpolyphony, nounpop, nounpop group, nounpop music, nounpop star, nounprelude, nounpresto, adjectivepresto, nounprima donna, nounproduction number, nounpromenade concert, nounpsaltery, nounpunk, nounquarter note, nounquartet, nounquaver, nounquintet, nounR & B, nounrag, nounraga, nounragga, nounragtime, nounrange, nounrap, nounrap, verbrapper, nounrecital, nounrecitative, nounrecord, nounrecorder, nounreed, nounrefrain, nounreggae, nounregister, nounremaster, verbrendering, nounrendition, nounrepeat, nounrequest, nounrequiem, nounresonator, nounrest, nounrhapsody, nounrhythm, nounrhythm and blues, nounrhythm section, nounriff, nounroadie, nounroad manager, nounrock, nounrock and roll, nounrock music, nounrock 'n' roll, nounrondo, nounrostrum, nounround, nounrumba, nounrun, nounsalsa, nounsamba, nounsaxophone, nounsaxophonist, nounscale, nounscat, nounscherzo, nounscore, nounscore, verbsemibreve, nounsemiquaver, nounsemitone, nounseptet, nounserenade, nounserenade, verbset, nounsetting, nounsextet, nounshanty, nounsharp, adverbsharp, nounsheet music, nounsight-read, verbsignature tune, nounsing, verbsinger, nounsinger-songwriter, nounsingle, nounsitar, nounsixteenth note, nounska, nounskiffle, nounslide, nounslur, verbslur, nounsnare drum, nounso, nounsol, nounsol-fa, nounsolo, adjectivesolo, nounsoloist, nounsonata, nounsong, nounsongbook, nounsongster, nounsongwriter, nounsoprano, nounsoprano, adjectivesoul, nounsoundtrack, nounspiritual, nounsqueezebox, nounstaccato, adverbstaff, nounstandard, nounStar-Spangled Banner, the, stave, nounsteel band, nounsteel guitar, nounstep, nounstring, verbstringed instrument, nounstrum, verbstudy, nounsuite, nounswell, nounswing, nounsymphony, nounsyncopated, adjectivesyncopation, nounsynthesis, nounsynthesize, verbsynthesizer, nountabla, nountabor, nountambourine, nountechno, nountempo, nountenor, nountenor, adjectiveTex-Mex, adjectivetheme, nounthrash, nounthrenody, nounthrob, verbti, nountimbrel, nountime, nountime signature, nountimpani, nountoccata, nountom-tom, nountonal, adjectivetonality, nountone, nountone-deaf, adjectivetone poem, nountonic, nountootle, verbtrack, nountranscribe, verbtranspose, verbtreble, nountreble, adjectivetreble clef, nountremolo, nountriangle, nountrill, nountrombone, nountrumpet, nountuba, nountune, nountune, verbtuneful, adjectivetuneless, adjectivetuning fork, nountuning peg, nounukulele, noununaccompanied, adjectiveupright piano, nounvalve, nounvariation, nounverse, nounvibes, nounvibraphone, nounvibrato, nounviola, nounviolin, nounviolinist, nounvirginals, nounvirtuoso, nounvivace, adjectivevocal, adjectivevocal, nounvocalist, nounvoice, nounvoluntary, nounwaltz, nounwarble, verbwarbler, nounwhole note, nounwind instrument, nounwoodwind, nounxylophone, nounyodel, verbyodel, nounzither, nounzydeco, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
Is anybody keeping score (=making a record of the score)? The final score was Southampton two, Leeds United nil. The school’s test scores have not improved. Jack came back after five years to settle some old scores.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Sam’s team scored in the double digits in nine out of ten games. Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series. He slipped the ball into the net to level the score at 1–1. SAT scores have been steadily decreasing. Moran scored the winner with only two minutes left.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
Is anybody keeping score (=making a record of the score)? The final score was Southampton two, Leeds United nil. The school’s test scores have not improved. Jack came back after five years to settle some old scores. (=the date etc when you stop doing something) The cut-off date for registration is July 2.
The cut-off date for registration is July 2. Sam’s team scored in the double digits in nine out of ten games.· Robbie Keane scored a goal just before halftime.
Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series. He slipped the ball into the net to level the score at 1–1.· Billy Dodds scored a penalty for Rangers after 55 minutes.
(=especially in games such as football, baseball, cricket etc)· The Kiwis scored 206 points in their three matches.
· The Department of Computer Science received a top rating last year.
SAT scores have been steadily decreasing.· The test results are out on Friday.
· Today we have won an important victory.
· We haven’t had a win for three games.
Moran scored the winner with only two minutes left.· Kinnock scored only 61 percent in the pre-campaign week - the same as his average score across all image aspects.· The average score had been 48.· This is a fairly average score when you consider the processor being used.· If he is allowed to take the SATs he is likely to do poorly and the average scores for everyone go down.· The average score for amenities was 7.5 and for aids 3.1.· Against the Dow average, the score is 37 to 30 in favor of the pros.· The average baseline Hamilton score was about 26 on the 21 item scale and 24 on the 17 item scale.· He said 19 is the average score for male singers.
· So, 3-1 the final score.· The computer then crunches all the numbers and churns out not only the winner but the final score.· The final score Oxford nil, Forest nil.· Eventually, the heroic locals would make several killing mistakes, the final score would look bad.· The final score of a strategy was the sum of the points it gained against all the other strategies.· Thus, it was even more amazing that the final scores were so high.· Then winger Crawford Dobbin ran half the length of the pitch for the final score at the corner flag.· The final score came on a 74-yard flanker pass from Danny Ragsdale to Alex Eckert.
· The window-grammar score is the best score that is found for the grammar tag within the current window.· The Vikings' season-best score is 90.6, which is the fourth-best score in the sectional field.· This trophy is a national event and is awarded to the best scratch score by a player under 16 years of age.· But the psychologist was never confident that he had obtained the best possible scores from Nelson.· There was a wide range of scores with the best individual score going to George McCallum of Douglas Reyburn with 37 points.· He got the best scores in the training program.
· The authors suggest that patients with high neuroticism scores require intensive early treatment to avoid chronic symptoms.· I have played for higher scores than I need.· It was fitting that his last innings for Middlesex should bring him 221 - his highest first-class score.· The children squealed with delight when Karen tallied up the poker chips and announced that Jennifer and Bryan had the highest scores.· Worrell's share was 308, which remained his highest score.· The demands for higher test scores seem to emphasize speed and coverage, not depth of understanding or commitment.· However, a high score does not necessarily predict success in a high level job.· The highest possible score was 105.
· The left and bottom ends of the axis similarly represent the negative poles and the lowest scores.· The more intimidated I got, the lower my scores got, until I heaved the damned thing across the room.· The lowest joint score: on inconsistency of replies.· The highest one can get is 60 points; the lowest possible score is-60.· The non-punitive approach of the course is reflected in its policy neither to reward low scores nor to punish underscoring.· The more irregular the figure, the higher the score or perhaps one was shooting for a low score?· I was awarded seventeen points out of twenty but judging by the worried looks and furrowed brows there were some lower scores.· The study gave Fox the lowest score at 24. 4 percent.
· The middle third yielded a mean score of 54 percent and this was also the overall mean score.· The figures in the table are thus mean scores of the means for the organizations in the three groups.· The test yielded a mean score of just over 50 percent for all pupils participating.· Main outcome measures - Improvement in mean scores on Hamilton depression rating scale for 55 randomised controlled trials.· The boys' mean score was 57 percent and the girls' 51 percent.· The grammar school pupils had a mean reading score of 11.2 when they were aged ten and the comprehensive pupils 10.7.· The mean scores at baseline for the subgroup of students who were followed up were the same as for those not followed up.
· The strictly geometrical pattern of dance is still very important if the musical score retains a traditional structure.· The pleasant musical score, which is not very challenging, fits the comic mood of the piece perfectly.· It promises liberal use of time-lapse photography, aerial camera work and feature-film-quality musical scores.· Man was able to exploit the potential of music only when he started writing musical scores.· Lotus argued that the command menus were a creative product and deserved the same copyright protection given to musical scores and books.
· There was no place like the thick of battle for settling an old score.· By the time the game was 6 1 / 2 minutes old the score was 17-3.· Every day they worked on the old scores.· On 18 January 1985 there were plenty of old scores to settle.· Oh, I heard plenty of rumours, but they were nearly all based on settling old scores.· With the championship having been decided, this was likely to be their last chance to settle old scores.· With the new regime in 1660, there must have been those who had old scores to settle.
· Indeed the overall score of the 1980s has been very uneven.· The overall score is 69 to Cambridge, 68 to Oxford.· The pros remain comfortably ahead in this series of overlapping six-month contests, measured both in overall score and average investment gain.· It is suggested that each subtest is scored separately and no overall test score is obtained.· This means that if they fight alongside other troops their vulnerability will drag down your overall combat result score.· The middle third yielded a mean score of 54 percent and this was also the overall mean score.· Another winner from Newcastle was for the best overall score from the two rounds of golf which Steve Ridley, surveyor won.
NOUN· However, test scores for 14-year-olds have remained constant at 55 per cent.· One widely cited study has suggested that piano training at age 3 may improve some academic test scores.· Drugs remain freely available, and teenage pregnancy is widespread. Test scores are still well below the not-too-high state average.· The demands for higher test scores seem to emphasize speed and coverage, not depth of understanding or commitment.· Needless to say, we received a final test score of 100 percent as well as a pat on the back.· In the end, more is at stake than temporary dips in certain test scores.· Watch those test scores rise, those outdated textbooks morph, those nonexistent supplies suddenly materialize.· In 1993, the company placed computers in the homes and classrooms of students in New Jersey and test scores improved significantly.
VERB· To me in my whole life, if you keep score, you have to be the best.· Only several good saves by Nicky Weaver kept the score down as Arsenal flexed their attacking muscles.· I play it and keep score by counting the dollars.· Ruth said she depends on cram schools to keep up her high score.· The number of records sold was a way of keeping score.· It keeps track of the scores for each player and the percentages which can be viewed or printed.· You settle the score on the field, which is, of course, why they bother to keep score.
· In that respect, at least, he had levelled the score.· However, Wainwright offered stubborn resistance, and responded with some hard hitting from the baseline to level the score at 6-6.· Three penalties by Hobbs kept Bradford firmly in contention and another soon after the interval levelled the scores at 8-8.· But Wilkinson missed again with a kick that would have levelled the scores.· After Johnson restored Northern's lead midway through the half, Robson missed a chance to level the scores again.· His penalty against Tarbes in the last minutes of the game levelled the score 18-18.
· There was no place like the thick of battle for settling an old score.· You settle the score on the field, which is, of course, why they bother to keep score.· Oh, I heard plenty of rumours, but they were nearly all based on settling old scores.· Six women claim that vengeful police officers tattooed the word pickpocket on their foreheads to settle personal scores.· After tea, Miandad began settling the score with Salisbury, the young legspinner who had dismissed him at Lord's.· Schiavo certainly deserves no credit for scaring people needlessly just to settle a score.· With the championship having been decided, this was likely to be their last chance to settle old scores.· When I saw him in the doorway I thought he'd come to settle that score.
· Smith's mini gamble paid off for two ends later he stole a single to tie the score at 1-1.· His single in the fifth inning tied the score, 5-5.· Anderson Cummins was out last ball, caught by Craig McDermott trying to tie the scores by hitting a four.· Twice in the first five minutes, Cal comes back to tie the score.· A Dean-to-Windrell Hayes 20-yard touchdown pass capped a 70-yard drive that tied the score.· Simon followed his own miss with an off-balance floater to tie the score at 75-75.
· Some believe I just write film scores, which is not true.· Before the days of written scores, people learned informally by imitation.· She wrote scores of letters pleading with her parents to bring her home.· Man was able to exploit the potential of music only when he started writing musical scores.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► get/score/earn Brownie points
- You won't get any complaints from me on that score.
- An odd coincidence-if you believe in coincidences-changed his thinking on that score.
- At any rate Joan and I were having no problems on that score.
- He knew far more on that score than I, and I could not help but respect him.
- I was ever silent on that score, for it was the truth.
- Leeds had to think again on that score.
- No need to revise our predictions yet, on that score.
- Not that I've any complaints on that score.
- And I didn't break any hearts - they all knew the score.
- Just so you know the score, Walt.
- Like music, the better one knows the score, the greater the delight and reward one gains from reading it.
- No great discoveries, but at least he knew the score.
- Some bisexual relationships work perfectly well as long as everyone knows the score.
- Valdez knew the score -- the deal was indefensible.
- You know the score, give the urban kids a slice of country life.
- She's got a few old scores to settle with her former friend.
- Stanford settled an old score Friday by defeating Siena 94-72.
- Boudjema believes that the opposition parties are settling a score with the Socialist government and using the schoolgirls as a scapegoat.
- Schiavo certainly deserves no credit for scaring people needlessly just to settle a score.
- A $ 7 parking fee and an automatic $ 12. 15 tip brought the total to $ 93. 15.
- By the time it was eventually closed in 1988, new investors had brought the total to £116 million.
- Cruz also said Muni planned to hire at least 12 additional safety staffers, bringing the total to 72.
- It is estimated that this element would bring the total to over 20,000.
- Michael Forbes of New York, already had declared his opposition to Gingrich, bringing the total to four.
- More than 30 square miles have been annexed into the city, bringing the total to 193.
- The armed forces are said to have sent an extra 2,000 troops to the border area, bringing the total to 3,500.
- Just so you know the score, Walt, Ann's going to be working with me from now on.
- And I didn't break any hearts - they all knew the score.
- Just so you know the score, Walt.
- Like music, the better one knows the score, the greater the delight and reward one gains from reading it.
- No great discoveries, but at least he knew the score.
- Some bisexual relationships work perfectly well as long as everyone knows the score.
- Valdez knew the score -- the deal was indefensible.
- You know the score, give the urban kids a slice of country life.
- Oh, I heard plenty of rumours, but they were nearly all based on settling old scores.
- There was no place like the thick of battle for settling an old score.
- With the championship having been decided, this was likely to be their last chance to settle old scores.
- Boudjema believes that the opposition parties are settling a score with the Socialist government and using the schoolgirls as a scapegoat.
- Schiavo certainly deserves no credit for scaring people needlessly just to settle a score.
WORD FAMILYnounscorescorerverbscoreoutscoreadjectivescoreless
1in 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 3–22in 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 experimentscore of He had an IQ score of 120.3music 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?4on that score spoken concerning the particular thing you have just mentioned: As for the cost, you don’t need to worry on that score.5know 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.6settle 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.7mark a mark that has been cut onto a surface with a sharp tool: deep scores in the woodscore1 nounscore2 verbscore3 number
scorescore2 ●●● S3 W2 verb VERB TABLE
score
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| Present | I, you, we, they | score |
| he, she, it | scores | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scored |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scored |
| he, she, it | has scored | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scored |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will score |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scored |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am scoring |
| he, she, it | is scoring | |
| you, we, they | are scoring | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was scoring |
| you, we, they | were scoring | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scoring |
| he, she, it | has been scoring | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scoring |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scoring |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scoring |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- AC Milan scored a record number of goals this season.
- Anyone who scores under 70 percent will have to retake the exam.
- Did you score last night?
- Dr. John scored a huge hit with his cover of "Makin' Whoopee."
- In Scrabble you score points by making words on the board.
- Participants will be scored on their performance in each event.
- San Francisco scored twice in the last ten minutes of the game.
- Students who listened to Mozart scored higher on IQ tests than students who took the test in silence.
- The test was difficult, and no-one scored more than 45 points.
- Tottenham scored the first goal of the game.
- Van Zandt has scored again with this enjoyable film about young urban types.
- He scored 12 points and grabbed 14 rebounds.
- If a Skeleton manages to score a wounding hit on an adventurer, something quite hideous happens.
- In the meantime lets be thankful Speedy and Macca are scoring!
- Kobe looks to score too much rather than get his teammates involved.
- Life is lived for dope, and the whole world circles around scoring, shooting up and scoring again.
- The scoring system works like this.
- Then, the Pistons beat Dallas when Allan Houston scored with less than two seconds remaining.
- Woolley, Callaghan and Peacock scored bursts on the two-seater.
Longman Language Activatorto get points in a game or sport
to get points in a game, competition, or sport: · San Francisco scored twice in the last ten minutes of the game.score a point/goal: · Tottenham scored the first goal of the game.· In Scrabble you score points by making words on the board.
informal to score points in a game, competition, or sport: · When you get a total of 5 points it's your turn to throw the dice.· Stevens got only 10 goals in 41 games, and decided to leave the Boston Bruins.
especially American to score points in a game, competition, or sport: · Jordan made 34 points to put his team into the lead.· He ran 30 yards to make his second touchdown of the quarter.
to get a point or points by hitting a ball etc: · The batter hit a home run.· Greg Davis didn't disappoint his teammates, hitting six field goals in six attempts.
when two teams or players have the same score especially British /tie especially American when both players or teams have the same number of points at the end of a game: · "What was the result of the Barcelona v Real Madrid game?" "It was a draw."· The game ended in a tie.
spoken say this when both players or teams have two points, four points etc in a game: · It's two all at the moment, but United seems the better team.· "What was the final score"? "One all."
also equalise British to score a goal or point in a team game such as football, so that the number of points or goals that each team has is equal: · Liverpool equalized in the last minute.· Manchester United were a goal down against Real Madrid when Bobby Charlton equalized.
the points scored in a game or sport a unit you get when you achieve something during a game or competition: · Steve Jones is 15 points ahead.· Damon Hill leads the Formula 1 Championship, with 58 points from 6 races.
the number of points that the two teams or players have in a game: · What's the score?· The score at half-time was 12-18.final score (=the score at the end of the game): · The final score went up on the scoreboard, and the crowd let out a roar.
the point you get when you make the ball go into the net in sports such as football or hockey: · Goal! Right in the last minute, England have scored.get/score a goal: · Florin Raducioiu scored four goals, putting Romania in the lead.
especially British the final number of points at the end of a competition: · Turn to BBC1 for the latest football results.· D'you know the result of the Arsenal game?
the point you get in cricket or baseball: · The West Indies beat Australia by 273 runs.score/get/hit a run: · Camilli scored 936 runs in 12 major-league seasons.
to get a score, grade etc in a game, test etc to get a particular result in a test or examination: · I only got 35% in my history test.· Pam's really smart. She got straight A's in high school.
to get a particular number of points in a sports game, or in a test or examination: · The test was difficult, and no-one scored more than 45 points.· AC Milan scored a record number of goals this season.
American to get a particular grade in a text or for a piece of work at school: · I made an A on the test today.· Allison's going to Auburn University? She must have made good grades in high school.
WORD SETSacid, nounaddict, nounaddicted, adjectiveaddiction, nounaddictive, adjectiveamphetamine, nounbong, nouncannabis, nounclean, adjectivecocaine, nouncoke, nouncold turkey, nouncontrolled substance, nouncrack, nouncut, verbdeal, verbdealer, noundesigner drug, noundetox, noundetoxification, noundope, noundope, verbdopehead, noundowner, noundrug, noundrug addict, noundrug baron, noundrug czar, noundrug dealer, noundruggie, noundrug rehabilitation, noundrug runner, nounecstasy, nounfix, nounganja, noungear, nounglue-sniffing, noungrass, nounhallucinogen, nounhallucinogenic, adjectivehard, adjectivehard drugs, nounhash, nounhashish, nounhemp, nounheroin, nounhigh, adjectivehigh, nounhippie, nounhit, nounjoint, nounjunkie, nounline, nounLSD, nounmagic mushroom, nounmainline, verbmarijuana, nounmescaline, nounmethadone, nounmule, nounnarc, nounnarcotic, adjectiveneedle, nounOD, verbopiate, nounopium, nounoverdose, nounpeddler, nounpep pill, nounpot, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepush, verbpusher, nounrecovery program, nounreefer, nounrehab, nounroach, nounscore, verbshooting gallery, nounsmack, nounsmoke, nounsniff, verbsnort, verbsnort, nounsnow, nounsoft drug, nounsolvent abuse, nounspeed, nounstash, nounsteroid, nounstoned, adjectivestrung-out, adjectivesubstance abuse, nountab, nountake, verbtrafficking, nountrip, nountrip, verbuse, verbwasted, adjectiveweed, nounwithdrawal, nounwithdrawal symptoms, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY He has scored 12 goals so far this season. Her new book has scored a spectacular success.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Sam’s team scored in the double digits in nine out of ten games. Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series. He slipped the ball into the net to level the score at 1–1. SAT scores have been steadily decreasing. Moran scored the winner with only two minutes left.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
He has scored 12 goals so far this season. Her new book has scored a spectacular success. (=the date etc when you stop doing something) The cut-off date for registration is July 2.
The cut-off date for registration is July 2. Sam’s team scored in the double digits in nine out of ten games.· Robbie Keane scored a goal just before halftime.
Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series. He slipped the ball into the net to level the score at 1–1.· Billy Dodds scored a penalty for Rangers after 55 minutes.
(=especially in games such as football, baseball, cricket etc)· The Kiwis scored 206 points in their three matches.
· The Department of Computer Science received a top rating last year.
SAT scores have been steadily decreasing.· The test results are out on Friday.
· Today we have won an important victory.
· We haven’t had a win for three games.
Moran scored the winner with only two minutes left.· Re-roll the two dice again scoring 3 and 6 1 man slain.· Life is lived for dope, and the whole world circles around scoring, shooting up and scoring again.· A tackle floored him, but Balshaw popped up a pass and there was Greenwood to score again.· Then Stinson drove and scored again and was fouled.· Young Pokey won his only two races last season and will not be long in scoring again.· Neither team were able to score again, but as soon as extra time began, Millers went ahead.· Wegerle scored again with just a few seconds left.
· Umaga again looked world class, scoring twice and using his pace and angled running to create several more scores.· Wright exacted the full price for rejection when he scored twice in Boro's recent 4-1 hammering of Leeds.· Greg Adams scored twice for Florida.· He laid out a fiver - and went home counting the cash after Dowie scored twice.· Phinney Gardner scored twice for the Bears.· Despite their silky passing, Forrester was able to score twice and kill them off.· Bonilla was 2-for-3 in Game 1 and scored twice.
NOUN· In other matches skippers Kim Barnett and Mark Benson scored centuries but were badly let down by their team-mates.· Manu Singh scored an undefeated half century in St Edwards' league success against Arnot.· Both players scored a century in a massive total of 337 for 3 against Leinster.· But he made up for it there by scoring a half century.· The lanky Moody rode his luck to score his second century at the highest level.· He scored a century every two-and-a-half completed innings.· Undaunted, Adam Seymour scored his maiden century for Worcestershire on the sodden wicket.· At Leeds he made 309 in a day; a modern batsman does well to score a century in that time.
· Tim Flowers in the Southampton goal hadn't much to do before the first Leeds goal was scored.· Six goals were scored in the third frame, when the Kings overcame a 5-3 deficit.· Each of his four goals on Saturday needed scoring.· So how many goals would Hirst have scored against Oldham?· The first goal he scored in the famous Burnley game was really something special, he lobs the goalie from miles out.· Suddenly, goals were easy to score against Quakers.· Andy Payton, later to move to Middlesbrough, destroyed Quakers by setting up three goals and scoring another.
· He scored a hat trick for Rotherham t' other day.· Rocastle has got to do the business, score a hat trick or something.
· One brand new product that seems to have scored a huge hit at the recent MacWorld show is Adobe's Illustrator.· One scored a direct hit but, despite being showered with glass, there were no serious injuries.· If a Skeleton manages to score a wounding hit on an adventurer, something quite hideous happens.· Punters throw coins, trying to score a hit in the tin trays.· Whatever else, the media is scoring a direct hit on itself.· It therefore has to aim at a carefully judged angle to the apparent direction if it is going to score a hit.· It missed mostly; when it did score a hit there was a screaming ping and no more.· A shell scored a direct hit on a petrol tank, and he felt the wave of heat from fifty yards off.
· Prop Mike O'Neill overran a ball over his own line for Tia Ropati to score on 55 minutes.· Three minutes later Sharp was denied by Chamberlain, but Milligan seized on the loose ball to score.· Colin Colcombe scored just 2 minutes later.· But Brenda Howe and Bollington scored in the closing minutes to give Chemsford their first league point.
· Swindon turned up the heat in the last 10 minutes to score 2 more.· On 90 minutes Overmars scored his second, pouncing on a Cocu shot that cannoned off the post.· That was less than three minutes defenseman Yves Racine scored his first goal as a Shark.· She played thirty-one minutes, never scored and turned over the ball six times.· Then with 77 minutes gone Nicholas scored when Hamilton failed to hold Creaney's shot.· Greer, who averages 16.3 points per game, played 16 minutes and scored nine points.
· Billy Dodds scored a penalty for Rangers after 55 minutes before Sutton grabbed Celtic's sixth.· The Blues scored on a penalty shot after Scott Hannan pulled down Reasoner at 6: 39 of the first period.· Basingstoke scored first from a penalty and further penalty exchanges brought the score to 6-6.· Green scored from a penalty stroke and a fine open-play goal before Yvonne Ayshford got Midlands' consolation goal almost on time.· They could score only two long-range penalty goals, converted by Walker.· It stayed that way until near the end when Campbell Wilson scored from the penalty spot.· Biggins scored from the penalty spot after only 10 minutes and added another soon after before Mark Stein completed the scoring.· They won Saturday's game 1-0, Vickey Dixon scoring from a penalty stroke.
· The leading 32 players scored 79 or better yesterday.· Both players scored a century in a massive total of 337 for 3 against Leinster.· Yet every player in uniform scored, including Matt Fish with 7. 6 seconds left....· In a country so used to dismal performances the prospect of a player scoring with such consummate style was rare indeed.· The fans want to see players score touchdowns.· Viv Richards is the only player to score 1000 runs in these matches.· Still a good player and can score goals. emailinc A little unfair.
· They did not score a single point in the second half and could have conceded even more tries in the closing quarter.· Marcus Camby bruised a knee in Hawaii, but quickly came back against Syracuse to score 20 points and secure 11 rebounds.· When he needed to remember something in order to score a point in argument, his memory was perfect.· Louis in the Gretzky trade, scored their first points for the Kings.· Robinson credited his team for scoring 28 second-half points to make the game close.· He scored just 10 points but had only two assists, being ineffective as a shooter and playmaker.· She scores only six points, missing five of seven from the floor.· Gary Payton scored 27 points for Seattle, which snapped a three-game losing streak.
· Stumpel, with a team-high 24 points, has scored in five consecutive games.· All 21 points Gill scored last year, his first as a Shark, were assists.· There were no intellectual points to be scored, no intense undergraduate conversations, no pretensions.· The two, who had combined for an average of 27 points per game, scored just 21.· The most likely punishment is a modest fine and a zero points score on the computer for the World Open.· Score refers to the number of points a product could score out of 100.· The wise heads realised that when a side is given such consistent attacking time points must be scored.· More than the 20 points he has scored, half of which have come from the free-throw line.
· To score runs they had to put bat to ball - a realisation which came all too late.· Senior Donald Stickland added scoring runs of 75 and 69 yards and finished with 211 yards on just nine carries.· Gooch has scored 2124 runs at an average of 50.57, whereas Gower has made 2183 runs at 50.76.· Florida scored its final two runs in the third after Sheffield led off with a high drive to deep right-center.· He scored 1435 runs in his career, with five centuries, the highest 201 not out against Oxford University in 1989.· After that hit by Daulton, they scored three more runs.· He drove the third ball of the match for three and took another 41 deliveries to score his next run.
· It is good therefore to be able to record that at least one such effort scored a stunning success.· But restoration ecology is pointless if it merely leads to a relapse into high-risk behavior the moment it scores some initial success.· Labour scored its biggest successes in London, where it gained a dozen seats on an above-average swing of 3.4 percent.· Unkind historians today doubt if they really scored a notable success.· Extreme right-wing parties scored more pronounced successes.· In November 1991, the Jet project scored a major success in its search for a waste free nuclear power.· A year or so later his professional technique scored another success.
· They also said that maybe Strandli will push Wallace for the first team place after scoring in the last 2 reserve matches.· He leads the team in scoring nine times.· Despite his personal success the team has not score a point in the last five matches, and are next to bottom.· Each team is scoring, on average, exactly one fewer touchdown a game this season than it did last season.· Gorman is based in Letterkenny and played 20 times for the first team last season scoring three goals.· Villa were quicker and slicker; their manager, Ron Atkinson, reckoned his team should have scored 6 or more.· The team has been scoring more runs per game and allowing fewer per game.
· They have scored one goal seven times, losing every one of those times.· Wilkinson has notched three goals in as many games after scoring 24 times last term.· He leads the team in scoring nine times.· Dartford's hopes also crumbled rapidly when Exeter scored three times in an eight-minute spell in the second half.· Last week, the Cougars scored six times on big plays en route to a 56-6 lead.· Their good combination football made Hammer look static, particularly in the second half when the home team scored four times.
· Bernard Ford scored their only touchdown in the fourth quarter.· They had not scored an offensive touchdown; their only touchdown came on an interception return by Terry McDaniel.· Sherman Williams and Emmitt Smith scored on short touchdown runs in the second half.· Red zone problems, redux: The 49ers scored their two touchdowns from outside the 20-yard line.· And you scored your first touchdown in more than two years.· I always wanted to win and to score a touchdown on top of it.· The first four times the 49ers got inside the Ram 5-yard line, they scored only one touchdown.· Last season he caught a career-high 122 passes for 1, 848 yards and scored 16 touchdowns.
· A singleton honour offside will also allow you to score five tricks if you pick it right.· He scored a hat trick for Rotherham t' other day.· Rocastle has got to do the business, score a hat trick or something.
· Hartlepool finished fourth when prop Neil Winn scored their third try to earn an 18-16 win at home to Sandal.· As some one once said: he's the sort of player you cheer when he scores a try against your side.· Bath had used a variation of this move to score their first try.· This time Fallon was the man over and he took Guscott's pass to score his second try.· Winger Derrick Morgan scored the first try.· Then the hungry Ben Cohen popped up on the right to score his seventh try in only nine Tests.· Merceron scored a try, and kicked two conversions and six penalties.
· Hawarden Park scored a 76-run victory over bottom of the table Chirk.· He led her to it, thinking that he had scored his first victory, but he was depressed.· Read in studio Cricket ... Oxford University have scored an historic victory against county opposition.· Left: new Honda V12 performed faultlessly for Senna to score easy victory.· At Zolder, Hunt's transmission seized up and he retired, while Niki scored another victory.· Adams was aboard when Party Politics scored his first victory in a two-and-a-half mile novice chase at Warwick in Feb 1990.
· In practice, the only real doubt was whether Blackburn would score and win, or not and draw.· But Schuey was in top form and the triple world beater always looked odds-on to score his fifth win on the trot.· They also hold the League's record score a 21-0 win over North Skelton Rovers in 1895.· Tillingham scored their first win of the campaign against a strong Hatfield Peverel side, with Wilkin the hero making 61.· Meanwhile, Stuart Easton waited until the final round of the year to score his maiden win on the Vimto Honda 125.· Lisa Ashdown scored a useful win over the new junior boys' champion Paul Davison.
· Yes, you've certainly scored a winner this month, folks, I hope you're over the moon about it!· Sheedy equalized with four minutes left, and Mountfield scored the winner in extra time.· Crumplin scored the winner with a spectacular diving header six minutes from time after good work from Clive Walker and Gary Chivers.· It was fitting he should score the late winner.· After Liverpool pulled level the non-stop Earle pounced on a Fashanu knock-down to score the winner.
VERB· This is an important point given that otherwise effective techniques sometimes fail to score because they are delivered without a shout.· Louis 1 in a scoreless game, the 49ers failed to score on three running plays.· Not only did Shearer fail to score, but Monkou also refused him licence for so much as a solitary shot at goal.· Meanwhile Vaughan, caught sweeping, failed to score.· Twice, the 49ers had first-and-goal at the Rams' one-yard line and failed to score.· Shareef Abdur-Rahim led Vancouver with 28 points, but he failed to score in the fourth quarter.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► get/score/earn Brownie points
- Even when scoring points at an astonishing pace, no opponent has been knocked out of a game.
- How well she could keep control and use words and manipulate their meanings and score points.
- National parks is a gold mine for scoring points with constituents, while anything in Commerce is a gold mine, period.
- Of course, PeÜek's collection automatically scores points over the competition by virtue of its uniqueness.
- People didn't try and score points off each other - contributions were acknowledged and applauded, rather than criticized or tested to destruction.
- Reagan had already scored points by crossing the stage before the debate to shake hands with the startled Carter.
- When he is good, like he was against Detroit, their offense can score points.
- When that gap is found, the attacker exploits it by unleashing a rapid barrage of kicks and punches to score points.
- A $ 7 parking fee and an automatic $ 12. 15 tip brought the total to $ 93. 15.
- By the time it was eventually closed in 1988, new investors had brought the total to £116 million.
- Cruz also said Muni planned to hire at least 12 additional safety staffers, bringing the total to 72.
- It is estimated that this element would bring the total to over 20,000.
- Michael Forbes of New York, already had declared his opposition to Gingrich, bringing the total to four.
- More than 30 square miles have been annexed into the city, bringing the total to 193.
- The armed forces are said to have sent an extra 2,000 troops to the border area, bringing the total to 3,500.
- Just so you know the score, Walt, Ann's going to be working with me from now on.
- And I didn't break any hearts - they all knew the score.
- Just so you know the score, Walt.
- Like music, the better one knows the score, the greater the delight and reward one gains from reading it.
- No great discoveries, but at least he knew the score.
- Some bisexual relationships work perfectly well as long as everyone knows the score.
- Valdez knew the score -- the deal was indefensible.
- You know the score, give the urban kids a slice of country life.
- Oh, I heard plenty of rumours, but they were nearly all based on settling old scores.
- There was no place like the thick of battle for settling an old score.
- With the championship having been decided, this was likely to be their last chance to settle old scores.
- Boudjema believes that the opposition parties are settling a score with the Socialist government and using the schoolgirls as a scapegoat.
- Schiavo certainly deserves no credit for scaring people needlessly just to settle a score.
WORD FAMILYnounscorescorerverbscoreoutscoreadjectivescoreless
1win points [intransitive, transitive] to win a point in a sport, game, competition, or test: Great cheers went up when he scored in the final minute of the game. She scored an average of 9.9 in the test.score a goal/point/run etc He has scored 12 goals so far this season.2give points [transitive] to give a particular number of points in a game, competition, test, or experiment SYN mark: Each event will be scored separately. Responses to the individual items are scored on a scale ranging from 0 to 12.3score points a) (also score off somebody) to say or do something in an attempt to prove that you are better or cleverer than someone else: Too many MPs use debates as a chance to score political points.score over/off Advertising may be used to score points off the competition. b)informal to do or say something to please someone or to make them respect youscore with You’ll score points with your girlfriend if you send her roses.4succeed [intransitive, transitive] informal to be very successful in something you do: Her new book has scored a spectacular success.5have sex [intransitive] informal to have sex with someone, especially someone you have just met6line [transitive] to mark a line on a piece of paper, wood etc using a sharp instrument: Scoring the paper first makes it easier to fold.7music [transitive] to arrange a piece of music for a group of instruments or voicesbe scored for something The piece is scored for a soprano voice and orchestra.GRAMMAR Score is usually passive in this meaning.8get drugs [intransitive, transitive] informal to manage to buy or get illegal drugsscore off somebody phrasal verb British English to say or do something in an attempt to prove that you are better or cleverer than someone else: He liked scoring off his pupils in his days as a teacher.score something ↔ out/through phrasal verb to draw a line through something that has been writtenscore1 nounscore2 verbscore3 number
scorescore3 number EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- Individual scores were then aggregated to derive shift, department, division, and plant totals.
- On this score they were identical to the preceding game: slow starters with a propensity to give away simple penalties.
- The score of 87 represents low or below-average academic aptitude.
- These words would all have the same or a very similar score and would combine exponentially into word paths.
WORD SETS
add, verbaddition, nounArabic numeral, nounarithmetic progression, nounbi-, prefixbillion, numbercalculate, verbcalculation, nouncardinal, nouncardinal number, nouncoefficient, nouncommon denominator, nounconstant, nouncube, verbcube root, nounD, noundecimal, noundecimal, adjectivedecimal point, noundemi-, prefixdenominator, noundigit, noundivide, verbdividend, noundivisible, adjectivedivision, noundivisor, noundouble-digit, adjectivedouble figures, nouneight, numbereighteen, numbereighth, adjectiveeighty, numbereleven, numberequal, adjectiveequal, verbequals sign, nouneven, adjectiveexponent, nounfactor, nounfactor, verbfactorial, nounfifteen, numberfifth, nounfifty, numberfig., figure, nounfive, numberforty, numberfour, numberfourteen, numberfourth, nounfraction, noungeometric progression, noungross, nounHCF, hundred, numberimproper fraction, nounindivisible, adjectiveinfinity, nouninteger, nounL, nounlogarithm, nounlowest common denominator, nounM, nounmedian, nounmedian, adjectivemillion, numbermultiple, nounmultiplication, nounmultiplication sign, nounmultiplication table, noun-nd, suffixnegative, adjectivenine, numbernineteen, numberninety, numberninth, adjectiveNo., nos., nothing, pronounnought, numbernumber, nounnumeral, nounnumerator, nounnumerical, adjectiveO, nounoblique, nounone, numberordinal number, nounpi, nounplot, verbplus, prepositionpoint, nounpositive, adjectiveprime number, nounproduct, nounproper fraction, nounproportion, nounquadr-, prefixquadrillion, numberquadruple, adjectivequotient, noun-rd, suffixroman numeral, nounroot, nounround, adjectivescore, numbersecond, numberserial number, nounset, nounsingle figures, nounsix, numbersixteen, numbersixty, numbersquare, nounsquare, verbsquared, adjectivesquare root, noun-st, suffixsubtract, verbsum, nountake, verbten, numbertenth, adjectivetertiary, adjectivetetra-, prefixthirteen, numberthirty, numberthousand, numberthree, numberthree-quarter, adjectivethreescore, numbertreble, determinertri-, prefixtrillion, numbertwelve, numbertwenty, numbertwice, adverbunit, nounV, nounvulgar fraction, nounwhole number, nounX, nounzero, number
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Sam’s team scored in the double digits in nine out of ten games. Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series. He slipped the ball into the net to level the score at 1–1. SAT scores have been steadily decreasing. Moran scored the winner with only two minutes left.
old use (=70 years, a person’s expected length of life)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=the date etc when you stop doing something) The cut-off date for registration is July 2.
The cut-off date for registration is July 2. Sam’s team scored in the double digits in nine out of ten games.· Robbie Keane scored a goal just before halftime.
Saunders scored a hat trick in the final game of the series. He slipped the ball into the net to level the score at 1–1.· Billy Dodds scored a penalty for Rangers after 55 minutes.
(=especially in games such as football, baseball, cricket etc)· The Kiwis scored 206 points in their three matches.
· The Department of Computer Science received a top rating last year.
SAT scores have been steadily decreasing.· The test results are out on Friday.
· Today we have won an important victory.
· We haven’t had a win for three games.
Moran scored the winner with only two minutes left.PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► get/score/earn Brownie points
1 (plural score) a group of 20, or about 20, people or thingsa score of something- Scores of reporters gathered outside the courthouse.
- But he admitted that he himself granted them by the score.
- Labor and trade union officials were arrested by the score.
- Of course, Doyle's success brought imitators by the score, all writing then in the short story form.
- The barrage ignited waves of pandemonium, as parents by the scores rushed to the school, which has 700 pupils.
- Wally's friends would come in here by the scores, at any odd hour of the day or night.
- A $ 7 parking fee and an automatic $ 12. 15 tip brought the total to $ 93. 15.
- By the time it was eventually closed in 1988, new investors had brought the total to £116 million.
- Cruz also said Muni planned to hire at least 12 additional safety staffers, bringing the total to 72.
- It is estimated that this element would bring the total to over 20,000.
- Michael Forbes of New York, already had declared his opposition to Gingrich, bringing the total to four.
- More than 30 square miles have been annexed into the city, bringing the total to 193.
- The armed forces are said to have sent an extra 2,000 troops to the border area, bringing the total to 3,500.
- Just so you know the score, Walt, Ann's going to be working with me from now on.
- And I didn't break any hearts - they all knew the score.
- Just so you know the score, Walt.
- Like music, the better one knows the score, the greater the delight and reward one gains from reading it.
- No great discoveries, but at least he knew the score.
- Some bisexual relationships work perfectly well as long as everyone knows the score.
- Valdez knew the score -- the deal was indefensible.
- You know the score, give the urban kids a slice of country life.
- Oh, I heard plenty of rumours, but they were nearly all based on settling old scores.
- There was no place like the thick of battle for settling an old score.
- With the championship having been decided, this was likely to be their last chance to settle old scores.
- Boudjema believes that the opposition parties are settling a score with the Socialist government and using the schoolgirls as a scapegoat.
- Schiavo certainly deserves no credit for scaring people needlessly just to settle a score.
Our coach was escorted by a score of policemen.three score years and ten old use (=70 years, a person’s expected length of life)2scores of something a lot of people or things: Scores of victims were killed.3by the score in large numbers: Friends came to help by the score.