[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/score.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / score [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/S/) # score «score» in Mova's school dictionary: **the number of points someone gets in a game, a match or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun, verb (score, scores, scored, scoring) ### meaning for a pupil 1) A score is the number of points someone gets in a game, a match or a test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#m1) 2) To score is to get a point or a goal in a game, or to get a mark in a test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#m2) 3) A score is also the written music for a band or orchestra, or the music of a film. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#m3) 4) An old meaning: a score is 20 things, so «four score» is 80. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#m4) 5) To score a line is to scratch or cut it into a surface. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#m5) 6) A score can also be a debt or a grudge that you need to settle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#m6) ### sense in the lessons In school a score is a test mark (a score of 85 out of 100) or points in a game; scores are added, compared or averaged. In sport: score a goal, score a try, the final score, keep score. In stories: «What's the score?» asks how the game stands; «to settle a score» means to get back at someone. In old texts and the Bible «threescore years and ten» is 70 years. ### examples - Her score was 85 on the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#x1) - The team scored 3 goals in the second half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#x2) - What is his average score? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#x3) - Ann scored 12 more points than Ben. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#x4) - The final score was 2–1 to our school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#x5) - Dad kept score while we played cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#x6) - The film's score was played by a big orchestra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#x7) - «Four score and seven years ago» means 87 years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#x8) - She scored the cardboard with scissors so it would fold neatly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#x9) - What I have done was in payment of an old score. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/#x10) ### note Countable noun: a score, scores. Past: scored. «Score» (verb) takes the points: score 3 goals, score 90 on a test. «Scores of» means many (scores of people). Points to add, compare or average. Trap: «four score» in old texts means 4 × 20 = 80. Trap: a higher score is usually better, but in golf the lowest score wins. «Out of» gives the whole: 18 out of 20. ### In the corpora - [A credit score is a rating of how reliably someone pays; missing payments lowers it and makes borrowing harder and dearer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/18/) - [Critics and review sites give scores, but those are opinions, and your own taste may differ.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/26-age-ratings-scary-films-and-choosing-what-to-watch/11/) - [A cheat code in a game only you play harms nobody, but showing off those scores as real would be a lie.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/200-cheating-in-games/6/) - [Being trusted with the money or the score in a game is a test of honesty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/200-cheating-in-games/13/) - [Cheat codes in a game only you play harm nobody, but claiming those scores as real is lying.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/200-cheating-in-games/15/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «score» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/score/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.