Tra từ score - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

score [score scores scored scoring] noun, verb BrE [skɔː(r)] NAmE [skɔː]
noun

POINTS/GOALS, ETC.
1. countable the number of points, goals, etc. scored by each player or team in a game or competition
•a high/low score
• What's the score now?
•The final score was 4–3.
•I'll keep (the) score.
•A penalty in the last minute of the game levelled the score 2–2.
2. countable (especially NAmE)the number of points sb gets for correct answers in a test
•test scores
•an IQ score of 120
•a perfect score

MUSIC
3. countable a written or printed version of a piece of music showing what each instrument is to play or what each voice is to sing
•an orchestral score
•the score of Verdi's ‘Requiem’
4. countable the music written for a film/movie or play
•an award for best original score

TWENTY
5. countable (pl. score)a set or group of 20 or approximately 20
•Several cabs and a score of cars were parked outside.
•Doyle's success brought imitators by the score (= very many).
•the biblical age of three score years and ten (= 70)

MANY
6. scoresplural very many
•There were scores of boxes and crates, all waiting to be checked and loaded.

CUT
7. countable a cut in a surface, made with a sharp tool

FACTS ABOUT SITUATION
8. the scoresingular (informal)the real facts about the present situation
•What's the score?
•You don't have to lie to me. I know the score.
more at even the score at ↑even _v., settle a score/an account (with sb)settle an old score at ↑settle _v.

Word Origin:
late Old English scoru ‘set of twenty’, from Old Norse skor ‘notch, tally, twenty’, of Germanic origin; related to ↑shear. The verb (late Middle English) is from Old Norse skora ‘make an incision’.

Thesaurus:
score noun C
•The final score was 4–3.
result • • point • • grade • |especially BrE mark •
a high/low/good/poor score/mark/grade
the final score/result/mark/grade
get a score/your results/a point/a mark/a grade

Example Bank:
•A late goal made the score 4–2.
•At half-time the score stood at 3–0.
•Figo levelled the scores with a curling free kick.
•Gerrard struggled valiantly to level the score.
•He got around the course in 72, giving him an average score of 70.
•I'll keep (the) score.
•Inamoto failed to get his name on the score sheet.
•Inamoto had a good game but failed to get his name on the score sheet.
•Most ten-year-olds had scores ranging between 50 and 70.
•Ronaldo brought the scores level at 2–2.
•She got an unusually low score for creativity.
•Some scientists claim that vitamins will boost your child's IQ score.
•The original score for the movie was composed by John Williams.
•The score was close in the final game.
•a mistake in the piano score
•the best score for years against Italy
•the vocal score of ‘The Magic Flute’
•A penalty in the last minute of the fame levelled the score 2–2.
•The final score was 4–3.
•What's the score now?
•college entrance test scores
•the score of Verdi's ‘Requiem’
•to get a perfect score
Idioms: ↑on that score ▪ ↑score a point
Derived: ↑score off somebody ▪ ↑score something out

verb

GIVE/GET POINTS/GOALS
1. intransitive, transitive to win points, goals, etc. in a game or competition
• Fraser scored again in the second half.
•~ sth to score a goal/try/touchdown/victory
2. intransitive to keep a record of the points, goals, etc. won in a game or competition
• Who's going to score?
3. transitive, intransitive to gain marks in a test or an exam
•~ sth She scored 98% in the French test.
•+ adv./prep. Girls usually score highly in language exams.
4. transitive ~ sth to give sth/sb a particular number of points
•The tests are scored by psychologists.
•Score each criterion on a scale of 1 to 5.
•a scoring system
5. transitive ~ sth to be worth a particular number of points
•Each correct answer will score two points.

SUCCEED
6. transitive, intransitive to succeed; to have an advantage
•~ (sth) The army continued to score successes in the south.
•She's scored again with her latest blockbuster.
•~ over sth Bicycles score over other forms of transport in towns.

ARRANGE/WRITE MUSIC
7. transitive, usually passive to arrange a piece of music for one or more musical instruments or for voices
•~ sth for sth The piece is scored for violin, viola and cello.
•~ sth The director invited him to score the movie (= write the music for it).

CUT
8. transitive ~ sth to make a cut or mark on a surface
•Score the card first with a knife.

HAVE SEX
9. intransitive ~ (with sb) (slang) (especially of a man)to have sex with a new partner
•Did you score last night?

BUY DRUGS
10. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (slang)to buy or get illegal drugs
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Old English scoru ‘set of twenty’, from Old Norse skor ‘notch, tally, twenty’, of Germanic origin; related to ↑shear. The verb (late Middle English) is from Old Norse skora ‘make an incision’.

Example Bank:
•Cunningham broke away and ran some 40 metres to score easily.
•Cunningham broke away and scored easily.
•He scored with a neat header.
•In the key area of negotiation, women scored highly.
•It was Robertson who came closest to scoring.
•Peter Walker has yet to score this season.
•Ronaldinho opened the scoring in the seventh minute of the game.
•Schumacher is ready to score at his home track again.
•She has not yet scored for her new club.
•The England team failed to score against Italy on Saturday.
•The company scores highly on customer service.
•The crowd erupted when the Green Bay Packers scored against the Denver Broncos.
•Villa always looked likely to score.
•Villa always looked the team most likely to score.
•We had several chances to score in the second half.
•Women consistently scored higher than men in this test.
•to score a goal/try/touchdown/victory