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write a musical score for make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200" gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" make underscoring marks an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I''ll settle later" a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0" grounds; "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" the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" the facts about an actual situation; "he didn''t know the score" a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata" a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned" assign a grade or rank to, according to one''s evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score'' was a typical example of male slang" a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student''s performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" |
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