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What does score mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word score? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
  2. The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
  3. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
  4. Twenty, 20 (number).
  5. A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
  6. A weight of twenty pounds.
  7. (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
  8. (music) The music of a movie or play.
  9. Subject.
  10. Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
  11. A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
  12. An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
  13. (US, crime, slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
  14. (US, crime, slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
  15. (US, crime, slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
  2. (intransitive) To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
  3. (transitive) To obtain something desired.
    1. To earn points in a game.
    2. To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
    3. (slang) To acquire or gain.
    4. (US, crime, slang, of a police officer) To extract a bribe.
  4. (transitive) To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
Interjection
  1. (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success
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