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SCORE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A seduction culminating in sexual intercourse

Example:

calling his seduction of the girl a 'score' was a typical example of male slang

Synonyms:

score; sexual conquest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

conquest; seduction (an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "score"):

cuckoldry (the practice of making cuckolds; sexual conquests of married women)

Derivation:

score (induce to have sex)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of scoring in a game or sport

Example:

the winning score came with less than a minute left to play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

success (an attainment that is successful)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "score"):

equalizer (a score that makes the match even)

break; break of serve ((tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving)

hat trick ((sports) three consecutive scores by one player or three scores in one game (as in cricket or ice hockey etc.))

basket; field goal (a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop)

run; tally (a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely)

conversion (a successful free throw or try for point after a touchdown)

field goal (a score in American football; a score made by kicking the ball between the opponents' goal posts)

touchdown (a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line)

safety (a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line)

break; open frame (any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare)

spare (a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls)

strike; ten-strike (a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball)

goal (a successful attempt at scoring)

bull's eye (in target shooting: a score made by hitting the center of the target)

Derivation:

score (gain points in a game)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

Example:

what was your score on your homework?

Synonyms:

grade; mark; score

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

evaluation; rating; valuation (an appraisal of the value of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "score"):

quartile ((statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores)

decile ((statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores)

centile; percentile ((statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total)

grade point (a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course)

Derivation:

score (assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation)

score (get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The facts about an actual situation

Example:

he didn't know the score

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

fact (a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages

Example:

he studied the score of the sonata

Synonyms:

musical score; score

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

sheet music (a musical composition in printed or written form)

Meronyms (parts of "score"):

musical notation ((music) notation used by musicians)

Derivation:

score (write a musical score for)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation

Example:

settling a score

Synonyms:

grievance; grudge; score

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

bitterness; gall; rancor; rancour; resentment (a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A set of twenty members

Example:

a score were sent out but only one returned

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

set (a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Grounds

Example:

he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful

Synonyms:

account; score

Classified under:

Nouns denoting goals

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

ground; reason (a rational motive for a belief or action)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest

Example:

the score was 7 to 0

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Meronyms (parts of "score"):

point (the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "score"):

par ((golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course)

match (the score needed to win a match)

love (a score of zero in tennis or squash)

lead ((sports) the score by which a team or individual is winning)

game ((games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win)

double eagle ((golf) a score of three strokes under par on a hole)

eagle ((golf) a score of two strokes under par on a hole)

duck; duck's egg ((cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman)

double-bogey ((golf) a score of two strokes over par for a hole)

deficit ((sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing)

bogey ((golf) a score of one stroke over par on a hole)

birdie ((golf) a score of one stroke under par on a hole)

stroke ((golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club)

basketball score (the score in a basketball game)

baseball score (the score of a baseball game)

football score (the score in a football game)

bowling score (the score in a bowling match)

Derivation:

score (gain points in a game)

Sense 10

Meaning:

A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)

Synonyms:

score; scotch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

dent; incision; prick; scratch; slit (a depression scratched or carved into a surface)

Derivation:

score (make small marks into the surface of)

Sense 11

Meaning:

An amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)

Example:

add it to my score and I'll settle later

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("score" is a kind of...):

debt (money or goods or services owed by one person to another)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

Example:

mark homework

Synonyms:

grade; mark; score

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "score" is one way to...):

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

scoring (evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score)

scorer (an official who records the score during the progress of a game)

score (a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Make underscoring marks

Synonyms:

mark; score

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "score" is one way to...):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "score"):

cancel; invalidate (make invalid for use)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Gain points in a game

Example:

He hit .300 in the past season

Synonyms:

hit; rack up; score; tally

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "score" is one way to...):

advance; gain; gain ground; get ahead; make headway; pull ahead; win (obtain advantages, such as points, etc.)

"Score" entails doing...:

compete; contend; vie (compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "score"):

get; have; make (achieve a point or goal)

equalise; equalize; get even (compensate; make the score equal)

walk (obtain a base on balls)

ace (score an ace against)

hole up (score a hole in one)

eagle (shoot in two strokes under par)

kick (make a goal)

homer (hit a home run)

convert (score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone)

convert (complete successfully)

convert (score (a spare))

shoot (score)

par (make a score (on a hole) equal to par)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

score (the act of scoring in a game or sport)

score (a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest)

scorer (a player who makes a score in a game or contest)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance

Example:

He scored a 200

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "score" is one way to...):

accomplish; achieve; attain; reach (to gain with effort)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "score"):

test (achieve a certain score or rating on a test)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

score (a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance))

Sense 5

Meaning:

Make small marks into the surface of

Example:

score the clay before firing it

Synonyms:

mark; nock; score

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "score" is one way to...):

notch (cut or make a notch into)

Verb group:

mark; pit; pock; scar (mark with a scar)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "score"):

scarify (scratch the surface of)

scotch (make a small cut or score into)

scribe (score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking)

line (mark with lines)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

score (a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally))

scorer (a logger who marks trees to be felled)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Induce to have sex

Example:

Harry made Sally

Synonyms:

make; score; seduce

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "score" is one way to...):

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

"Score" entails doing...:

bang; be intimate; bed; bonk; do it; eff; fuck; get it on; get laid; have a go at it; have intercourse; have it away; have it off; have sex; hump; jazz; know; lie with; love; make love; make out; roll in the hay; screw; sleep together; sleep with (have sexual intercourse with)

Verb group:

seduce (lure or entice away from duty, principles, or proper conduct)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

score (a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Write a musical score for

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "score" is one way to...):

compose; write (write music)

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "score"):

orchestrate (write an orchestra score for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue score the movie

Derivation:

score (a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI) Physical assessment; total score.

(MNSI - Physical Assessment Total Score, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) Total score.

(COWS - Total Score, NCI Thesaurus)

Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale (AIMS) Global Judgments, Severity of abnormal movements, based on the highest single score on the above items.

(AIMS - Severity of Abnormal Movements, NCI Thesaurus)

And yet, from day to day, he read storiettes in the dailies and weeklies, scores and scores of storiettes, not one of which would compare with his.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Well, well, we cannot expect to score every time.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The doctor has scored once more.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I have had one or two little scores of my own to settle with Mr. John Clay,” said Holmes.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

With Saturn in fine angle to this new moon, the career successes you will score shortly after March 24 are likely to remain with you long into the future.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The researchers then divided their CARE scores into three groups.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)

The sound stimulation significantly enhanced deep sleep in participants and their scores on a memory test.

(Sound Waves Boost Older Adult' Memory, Deep Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

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