score
verb/skɔː(r)/
/skɔːr/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they score | /skɔː(r)/ /skɔːr/ |
| he / she / it scores | /skɔːz/ /skɔːrz/ |
| past simple scored | /skɔːd/ /skɔːrd/ |
| past participle scored | /skɔːd/ /skɔːrd/ |
| -ing form scoring | /ˈskɔːrɪŋ/ /ˈskɔːrɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to win points, goals, etc. in a game or competition
- Fraser scored again in the second half.
- score something to score a goal/try/touchdown/victory/point/run
- Brazil failed to score a win, leaving their further progress in the competition in doubt.
- the only man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final
- On his debut at Old Trafford he scored 154 against Australia.
- She scored 20 points in 36 minutes.
- He scored 30 goals in 20 games.
Extra ExamplesTopics Games and toysa2, Sports: ball and racket sportsa2- She scored twice in the first half.
- He scored with a neat header.
- She has not yet scored for her new club.
- The England team failed to score against Italy on Saturday.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- once
- twice
- etc.
- …
- try to
- be able to
- manage to
- …
- against
- for
- come close to scoring
- have a/the chance to score
- have an/the opportunity to score
- …
- [intransitive] to keep a record of the points, goals, etc. won in a game or competition
- Who's going to score?
- [transitive, intransitive] to gain marks in a test or an exam
- score something She scored 98 per cent in the French test.
- + adv./prep. Girls usually score highly in language exams.
- Women consistently scored higher than men in this test.
- Some studies show that low-income Latino adolescents tend to score low on self-esteem.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- highly
- well
- consistently
- …
- [transitive] score something to give something/somebody a particular number of points
- The tests are scored by psychologists.
- Score each criterion on a scale of 1 to 5.
- a scoring system
- [transitive] score something to be worth a particular number of points
- Each correct answer will score two points.
- [transitive, intransitive] to succeed; to have an advantage
- score (something) The army continued to score successes in the south.
- Lewis scored a win with a hugely funny sketch about a car salesman.
- She's scored again with her latest blockbuster.
- score over something Bicycles score over other forms of transport in towns.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc2- In the key area of negotiation, women scored highly.
- The company scores highly on customer service.
- [transitive, usually passive] to arrange a piece of music for one or more musical instruments or for voices
- be scored for something The piece is scored for violin, viola and cello.
- score something The director invited him to score the movie (= write the music for it).
- [transitive] score something to make a cut or mark on a surface
- Score the card first with a knife.
- [intransitive] score (with somebody) (slang) (especially of a man) to have sex with a new partner
- Did you score last night?
- [transitive, intransitive] score (something) (slang) to buy or get illegal drugs
give/get points/goals
succeed
arrange/write music
cut
have sex
buy drugs
Word OriginLate Middle English, from Old Norse skora ‘make an incision’.
Idioms
See score in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee score in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishscore a point/points (off/against/over somebody)
- to show that you are better than somebody, especially by making clever remarks, for example in an argument
- He was always trying to score points off his teachers.
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