- [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.
Extra ExamplesTopics Games and toysa2, Sports: ball and racket sportsa2- At half-time the score stood at 3–0.
- Thuram levelled the scores with a curling free kick.
- The score was close in the final game.
- He got around the course in 72, giving him an average score of 70.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- excellent
- good
- …
- achieve
- earn
- finish with
- …
- be
- stand at
- board
- card
- sheet
- …
- score against
- bring the scores level
- keep the scores level
- [countable] (especially North American English) the number of points somebody gets for correct answers in a test
- test scores
- an IQ score of 120
- a perfect score
- to get a high/low score
- This year, Jimmy's maths scores are slipping.
- The mean scores are as shown in Table 1.
- Other factors did not significantly impact children's scores on these tests.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationa2- Most ten-year-olds had scores ranging between 50 and 70.
- She got an unusually low score for creativity.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excellent
- good
- high
- …
- achieve
- get
- have
- …
- indicate
- reflect
- show
- …
- score for
- [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’
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicc2- There was a mistake in the piano score.
- the vocal score of ‘The Magic Flute’
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- music
- musical
- …
- compose
- play
- read
- …
- in a/the score
- [countable] the music written for a film or play
- an award for best original score
- The musical score is magnificent and the performances are outstanding.
- The score for the movie was composed by John Williams.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- full
- music
- musical
- …
- compose
- play
- read
- …
- in a/the score
- [countable] (plural score)a set or group of 20 or approximately 20
- Several cabs and a score of cars were parked outside.
- by the score Doyle's success brought imitators by the score (= very many imitators).
- the biblical age of three score years and ten (= 70)
- scores[plural] very many
- There were scores of boxes and crates, all waiting to be checked and loaded.
- [countable] a cut in a surface, made with a sharp tool
- the score[singular] (informal) the real facts about the present situation
- What's the score?
- You don't have to lie to me. I know the score.
points/goals, etc.
music
twenty
many
cut
facts about situation
Word OriginLate Old English scoru ‘set of twenty’, from Old Norse skor ‘notch, tally, twenty’, of Germanic origin; related to shear.
Idioms
See score in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee score in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englisheven the score
- to harm or punish somebody who has harmed or cheated you in the past
on that/this score
- about that/this matter
- You don't have to worry on that score.
settle a score/accounts (with somebody) | settle an old score
- to hurt or punish somebody who has harmed or cheated you in the past
- ‘Who would do such a thing?’ ‘Maybe someone with an old score to settle.’
- An embittered Charlotte is determined to settle accounts with Elizabeth.
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