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noun / verb

score

SKOR/skˈɔr/

A tally recording an accumulated result.

The scoreboard shows a score of eight to five.

A tabletop game scoreboard prominently displays 8 and 5 beside a table-tennis net and paddles, making the recorded points—not the equipment—the focal subject.
Etymology
scoreOld Norsemark, notch, incision

A skor was a notch or mark, the sort of mark used to keep a tally. From a recorded reckoning, score came to mean a mark recording a game point and then the total points earned.

In context

Bella's Comic Chronicles188:02
The total score is 500 points, and to get into Shanghai State University, you need to average over 90 points in each subject.
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More examples

  • The teacher scores each test out of 100.
  • Our team scores twice in the final minute.
  • We score cheap tickets by booking early.
  • She has an old score to settle with her rival.

Forms

score · scores · scored · scoring

scorer noun — Someone who earns or records points.

scoreless adjective — Having no points earned by scoring.

Similar words

tally
Emphasizes a running count rather than a performance measure.
total
Names the complete sum, not necessarily points earned.
result
Names an outcome without necessarily expressing it in points.