Definition of score

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Score (n.) A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account..

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Crescendo :: Crescendo (a. & adv.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score..
Score :: Score (v. t.) To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash..
Scotch :: Scotch (v. t.) To cut superficially; to wound; to score.
Score :: Score (n.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in the drift epoch..
Ninescore :: Ninescore (a.) Nine times twenty, or one hundred and eighty..
Sixty :: Sixty (a.) Six times ten; fifty-nine and one more; threescore.
Partition :: Partition (v.) A score.
Hundred :: Hundred (a.) Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars..
Opera :: Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music..
Scratch :: Scratch (v. i.) To score, not by skillful play but by some fortunate chance of the game..
Score :: Score (v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a tally..
Single :: Single (n.) A unit; one; as, to score a single..
Ninescore :: Ninescore (n.) The product of nine times twenty; ninescore units or objects.
Score :: Score (n.) The number of points gained by the contestants, or either of them, in any game, as in cards or cricket..
Tie :: Tie (v. i.) To make a tie; to make an equal score.
Tick :: Tick (v. t.) To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score.
Tally :: Tally (n.) Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate..
Hundred :: Hundred (n.) The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C..
Score :: Score (v. t.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as, to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9..
Understroke :: Understroke (v. t.) To underline or underscore.
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