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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions score noun  The total number of points earned by a participant in a game. The is 4-0 although it's not even half-time! (archaic) Twenty, 20 (number). Some words have scores of meanings. 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, The Gettysburg Address, based on the signed "Bliss Copy" : "Four and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." (music) A book or set of pages showing all the parts for a musical composition. (cricket) A presentation of how many runs a side has scored, and how many wickets have been lost. England had a of 107 for 5 at lunch. (cricket) The number of runs scored by a batsman, or by a side, in either an innings or a match. subject 2005, w:Plato, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. w:Stephanus pagination, 245e. : Well, although we haven't discusse the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not <being>, we've done enough on that . verb (scor, ing) (intransitive) To earn points in a game. Pelé scores again! (transitive) To earn points in a game. It is unusual for a team to a hundred goals in one game. (transitive) To scratch (paper or cardboard) with a sharp implement to make it easier to fold. (transitive) (slang) To obtain (usually used in reference to illegal drugs, but often sex with a casual partner). <!-- This includes in the previous one, doesn't it? (intransitive) (slang) To have sexual intercourse. --> Etymology: From the scora, notch (and hence, a tally). (For twenty: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.)      Full Definition of score  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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