score
1. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) (Freq. 18)
- she made good marks in algebra
- grade A milk
- what was your score on your homework?
• Syn:
mark, grade
• Derivationally related forms:
grade (for: grade)
• Hypernyms:
evaluation, valuation, rating
• Hyponyms:
grade point, percentile, centile, decile, quartile
2. a written form of a musical composition;
parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages (Freq. 8)
- he studied the score of the sonata
• Syn:
musical score
• Hypernyms:
sheet music
• Part Meronyms:
musical notation
3. a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest (Freq. 4)
- the score was 7 to 0
• Hypernyms:
number
• Hyponyms:
bowling score, football score, baseball score, basketball score, stroke,
birdie, bogey, deficit, double-bogey, duck, duck's egg,
duck's egg, double eagle, game, lead, love,
match, par
• Part Meronyms:
point
4. a set of twenty members (Freq. 4)
- a score were sent out but only one returned
• Hypernyms:
set
5. grounds (Freq. 1)
- don't do it on my account
- the paper was rejected on account of its length
- he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful
• Syn:
account
• Hypernyms:
reason, ground
6. the facts about an actual situation (Freq. 1)
- he didn't know the score
• Hypernyms:
fact
7. an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar)
- add it to my score and I'll settle later
• Hypernyms:
debt
8. a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
• Syn:
scotch
• Derivationally related forms:
scotch (for: scotch)
• Hypernyms:
incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent
9. a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation
- holding a grudge
- settling a score
• Syn:
grudge, grievance
• Derivationally related forms:
grudge (for: grudge)
• Hypernyms:
resentment, bitterness, gall, rancor, rancour
10. the act of scoring in a game or sport
- the winning score came with less than a minute left to play
• Hypernyms:
success
• Hyponyms:
bull's eye, goal, strike, ten-strike, spare,
open frame, break, safety, touchdown, field goal, conversion,
run, tally, basket, hat trick, break of serve, equalizer
11. a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse
- calling his seduction of the girl a 'score' was a typical example of male slang
• Syn:
sexual conquest
• Hypernyms:
seduction, conquest
• Hyponyms:
cuckoldry
1. gain points in a game (Freq. 18)
- The home team scored many times
- He hit a home run
- He hit .300 in the past season
• Syn:
hit, tally, rack up
• Derivationally related forms:
tally (for: tally), hit (for: hit), scorer
• Hypernyms:
gain, advance, win, pull ahead, make headway,
get ahead, gain ground
• Hyponyms:
par, shoot, convert, homer, kick,
eagle, hole up, ace, walk, equalize, equalise,
get even, have, get, make
• Entailment:
compete, vie, contend
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
2. make small marks into the surface of (Freq. 12)
- score the clay before firing it
• Syn:
nock, mark
• Derivationally related forms:
mark (for: mark), scorer
• Hypernyms:
notch
• Hyponyms:
scarify, scotch, scribe, line
• Verb Group:
scar, mark, pock, pit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. make underscoring marks (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
mark
• Derivationally related forms:
mark (for: mark), marker (for: mark)
• Hypernyms:
record, enter, put down
• Hyponyms:
cancel, invalidate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. write a musical score for
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
compose, write
• Hyponyms:
orchestrate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Sam and Sue score the movie
5. induce to have sex
- Harry finally seduced Sally
- Did you score last night?
- Harry made Sally
• Syn:
seduce, make
• Derivationally related forms:
seduction (for: seduce), seducer (for: seduce)
• Hypernyms:
persuade
• Verb Group:
seduce
• Entailment:
sleep together, roll in the hay, love, make out, make love,
sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate,
have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz,
eff, hump, lie with, bed, have a go at it, bang,
get it on, bonk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s
6. get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
- She scored high on the SAT
- He scored a 200
• Hypernyms:
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
• Hyponyms:
test
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s Adjective
- Somebody ----s something
7. assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- grade tests
- score the SAT essays
- mark homework
• Syn:
grade, mark
• Derivationally related forms:
marking (for: mark), scorer, scoring, gradation (for: grade), grader (for: grade), grading (for: grade)
• Hypernyms:
measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
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