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Score

Definitions: Score

Score

Noun

1. 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?".

2. 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".

3. A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0".

4. A set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned".

5. 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".

6. The facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score".

7. An amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later".

8. A slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally).

9. A resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score".

10. : the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play".

11. : a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang".

Verb

1. Gain points; "The home team scored many times".

2. Make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it".

3. Make underscoring marks.

4. Write a musical score for.

5. Induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?" "Harry made Sally".

6. Get a certain score; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200".

7. Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "score" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Score

DomainDefinitions

Education

The sum of the credits obtained by a testee. Source: European Union. (references)

Food & Agriculture

The groove made in the cheeks of a wooden block for receiving the strap. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

A channel pressed into a piece of paper or board as the result of a scoring or grooving operation. Source: European Union. (references)
 A linear furrow or ridge produced across the grain on the surface of veneer when the knife or pressure-bar has been accidentally notched. Source: European Union. (references)

Literature

Score A reckoning; to make a reckoning; so called from the custom of marking off "runs" or "lengths," in games by the score feet. (See Nurr, Spell, Tally .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Medicine

A number expressing the degree of success in a psychological or educational test in terms of the amount performed or of the time required or of the difficulty surmounted. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A bill run up by a collier in bad times for the necessaries of life b. See:task c. To mark with scratches or furrows; e.g., rocks in certain localitieswere scored by glacial drift e.g., rocks in certain localitieswere scored by glacial drift. (references)

Public Administration

At the bottom front of the folder are several horizontal --, or creases, that permit expansion of the folder as up to 100 sheets of correspondence are added. Source: European Union. (references)

Sports & Leisure

The number of points gained by contestants in a game or other contest. Source: European Union. (references)

Statistics

A quantitative assessment of an individual on a scale, often related to his performance in some test, or derived from his reaction to certain stimuli. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Score

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Score is:

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Score."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Score

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

SCORE

EnglishStanding conference on racial equality in EuropeSocial Sciences

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Score

Synonyms: account (n), grade (n), grievance (n), grudge (n), musical score (n), scotch (n), sexual conquest (n), hit (v), make (v), mark (v), nock (v), rack up (v), seduce (v), tally (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Score

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Accounts

Noun: accounts, accompts; commercial arithmetic, monetary arithmetic; statistics; (numeration); money matters, finance, budget, bill, score, reckoning, account.

Credit

Noun: credit, trust, tick, score, tally, account.

Debt

Noun: debt, obligation, liability, indebtment, debit, score.

Five

Noun: five, cinque, quint, quincux; six, half-a-dozen, half dozen; seven; eight; nine, three times three; dicker; ten, decade; eleven; twelve, dozen; thirteen; long dozen, baker's dozen; quintuplet; twenty, score; twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen; twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred; forty, two score; fifty, half a hundred; sixty, three score; seventy, three score and ten; eighty, four score; ninety, fourscore and ten; sestiad.

Furrow

Noun: furrow, groove, rut, sulcus, scratch, streak, striae, crack, score, incision, slit; chamfer, fluting; corduroy road, cradle hole.

Indication

Put an indication, put a mark; Noun: note, mark, stamp, earmark; blaze; label, ticket, docket; dot, spot, score, dash, trace, chalk; print; imprint, impress; engrave, stereotype.

Mark, scratch, line, stroke, dash, score, stripe, streak, tick, dot, point, notch, nick.

List

Account; bill, bill of costs; terrier; tally, listing, itemization; atlas; book, ledger; catalogue raisonne; tableau; invoice, bill of lading; prospectus; bill of fare, menu, carte; score, census, statistics, returns.

Numeration

Verb: number, count, tally, tell; call over, run over; take an account of, enumerate, muster, poll, recite, recapitulate; sum; sum up, cast up; tell off, score, cipher, compute, calculate, suppute, add, subtract, multiply, divide, extract roots. algebraize.

Success

Trump card; hit, stroke, score; lucky hit, fortunate hit, good hit, good stroke; direct hit, bull's eye; goal, point, touchdown; home run, homer, hole-in-one, grand slam; killing, windfall bold stroke, master stroke; ten strike; coup de maitre, checkmate; half the battle, prize; profit; (acquisition).

Teaching

Test, examination, exam; final exam, mid-term exam grade, score, marks; A,B,C,D,E,F; gentleman's C; pass, fail, incomplete.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Score

English words defined with "score": baseball score, basketball score, bowling scorefootball score, Full scoremusical score. (references)
Specialty definitions using "score": Abbreviated Injury Scale, actual score, articulation score, Asvab test, athletic coach, AUTOMATED EQUIPMENT ENGINEER-TECHNICIANBACK-ROLL LATHE, billiards meter, bivariate Laplace-Gauss distribution, bivariate normal distribution, BOX MAKER, PAPERBOARDcareer resource technician, CAREER-GUIDANCE TECHNICIAN, career-information specialist, CHATTER BOX, CUE SELECTOR, cut-off tender, glass, cutting-and-creasing-machine operator, CYLINDER-DIE-MACHINE HELPER, CYLINDER-DIE-MACHINE OPERATORDIRECTOR, MUSIC, discrimination score for speechengineer, automated equipment, EXAMINATION PROCTORFieller-Hartley-Pearson measure of association, finishing machine operator, finishing-machine operator, automatic, folder operator, folder, machine, FOLDING-MACHINE OPERATORGLASS CUT-OFF TENDER, GLASS CUTTER, OVAL OR CIRCULAR, GLASS-CUTTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, AUTOMATIC, Gleason score, GOLF-CLUB FACER, gross score, gum-rolling-machine tender, GUM-SCORING-MACHINE OPERATORHANG IT UP, Harpocrates, Hazardous Ranking System, HEEL SCORERInjury Severity Score, INSTRUCTOR, SPORTSKarnofsky performance score, Karnofsky score, Kendall's S score, KING JOHN'S MENLod Score, low netMANAGER, BOWLING ALLEY, mean opinion score, multicut-line operator, music department head, musical directorNational Priorities List, Nurr and SpellPay a visit to the bird sanctuary, phonetically balanced score, PLEAT PATTERNMAKER, PSYCHOLOGIST, COUNSELINGRabelais' Dodge, raw numbers, raw scoreSite Assessment Program, Site Inspection, SLITTER-CREASER-SLOTTER OPERATOR, Smartdrive, SMITHFIELD BARGAIN, SUPERVISOR, PAPER PRODUCTStechnician, automated equipment, total score, Trail Making Test, transcripter, transformation of data valuesUTILITY WORKERWALKING UP AGAINST THE WALL, weighted search, window-glass cutter off. (references)
Etymologies containing "score": Sixscore. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Score" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (point, score, tally).

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Modern Usage: Score

DomainUsage

Screenplays

I don't want any of you boys thinking, that you're gonna score. You don't score, until you score ! (American Pie; writing credit: Adam Herz)

And I don't score much. (True Lies; writing credit: Claude Zidi; Simon Michal)

Don't cry. Just score it as an incomplete forward pass. (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz)

It counts for 30 percent of your total score. (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford)

Much has been said of the strumpets of yore Of wenches and bawdyhouse queens by the score But I sing of a baggage that we all adore The landlord's daughter. (The Wicker Man; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

Lyrics

Now that we've evened up the score ("Addictive Love"; performing artist: BeBe& CeCe Winans)

Movie/TV Titles

Score (1972)

Shaft's Big Score! (1972)

Score with the Scaffold (1970)

How McDougall Topped the Score (1924)

The Score (2003)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Score

DomainTitle

Books

  • Keyboard Strategies: Source Materials for Accompanying, Score Reading and Transposing (reference)

  • Dido and Aeneas in Full Score (reference)

  • Dave Pelz's Short Game Bible: Master the Finesse Swing and Lower Your Score (Pelz, Dave. Dave Pelz Scoring Game Series, 1.) (reference)

  • Aida in Full Score (reference)

  • Italian Girls in Algiers: The Vocal Score (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  • Chariots Of Fire: Academy Award, Best Original Score 1981 [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  • Hearts in Atlantis: Original Motion Picture Score [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  • Armageddon: The Original Motion Picture Score [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  • A.I. - Artificial Intelligence: Original Motion Picture Score [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  • Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (Original Motion Picture Score) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

    (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Score

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Photo Album: Score

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Histological slide (H & E stain at x300) showing prostate cancer. On the right is a somewhat normal Gleason Value of 3 (out of 5) with moderately differentiated cancer. On the left is less normal tissue with a Gleason Value of 4 (out of 5) that is highly undifferentiated. The Gleason score is the sum of the two worst areas of the histological slide.Credit: Otis Brawley.

The Air Force Academy Falcons special teams unit blocked two point after attempts in their loss to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Rebels, Sept. 30. The Rebels outscored the Falcons 34-13 after the Falcons failed to score in the second half. (P.; photo by..

Acrylic painting of a pair of Greater Scaups by James Hautman, 2015 Xanthus Lane, Plymouth, Minnesota 55447. Jim's work has been displayed in the Oval Office of the White House, The Smithsonian Institution, the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, and in public and private collections throughout the world. In 1990 he became the youngest artist ever to win the Federal Duck Stamp Contest. He won again in 1995 when his mallard painting received the first ever perfect score of 25. In 1998, Jim tied his own record by winning the 1999-2000 Federal Duck Stamp with another perfect score.

The fleet that will finally score.Credit: Library of Congress.

Score board -- deer killed, hunters killed.Credit: Library of Congress.

Opera stars read score of Tosca while listening to radio of opera.Credit: Library of Congress.

Dorothy Fields & Arthur Schwartz work on score of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" / World Telegram & Sun p.Credit: Library of Congress; photo by Walter Albertin..

Keeping score. Bowling alley, Clinton, Indiana.Credit: Library of Congress.

World Series 1925--Crowds at Star Score Board.Credit: Library of Congress.

Final inter-city championship game, White Autos vs. Omaha "Luxus" team, Brookside Stadium, Oct. 10, 1915, score, 11 to 6 in favor of White Autos, attendance over 100,000.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Score".

PlayCaptionPlayCaption
Film score style excerpt featuring horns, calliope, and snare drum.Very film score style piece with minor piano melody and strings.
Orchestral percussion and brass in an epic film score style.Short riff very typical of a film score circa early 1990's. .
A film score style opening featuring a harp.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Score

AuthorQuotation

Ansel Adams

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.

Author Unknown

Stopping at third base adds nothing to the score.

John Enoch Powell

When I repress my emotion my stomach keeps score.

Theodore Roosevelt

To-night while I was preparing to dictate a message to Congress concerning the boiling caldron on the Isthmus of Panama, which has now begun to bubble over, up came one of the ushers with a telegram from you and Ted about the football match. Instantly I bolted into the next room to read it aloud to mother and sister, and we all cheered in unison when we came to the Rah! Rah! Rah! part of it. It was a great score. I wish I could have seen the game.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Score

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Which being a trespass against the whole species, and the peace and safety of it, provided for by the law of nature, every man upon this score, by the right he hath to preserve mankind in general, may restrain, or where it is necessary, destroy things noxious to them, and so may bring such evil on any one, who hath transgressed that law, as may make him repent the doing of it, and thereby deter him, and by his example others, from doing the like mischief. (Second Treatise of Government)

Abraham Lincoln

1863

Four score 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. (The Gettysburg Address)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1963

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1890)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Score

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

A score of the younger boys in white knickers and singlets came pattering down from the stage, through the vestry and into the chapel.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

The whirling cylinders gave him no score.

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

He asked what business we had out of our own islands, unless upon the score of trade or treaty, or to defend the coasts with our fleet.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

It were well, he said, to be there early, and anticipate certain indistinct but wholly unjust claims on the score of ground rent and fuel.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Score

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Currently, any HDL score higher than 35 is considered desirable. (references)

DOQI guidelines call for a TSAT score between 20 percent and 50 percent. (references)

A score over 160 puts a person at great risk for a heart attack or stroke. (references)

Business

Numeracy, i.e. mathematical ability was the poorest, the average score being 30 percent. (references)

In one study that rated Korean's sense of trust on a scale from one to one hundred, foreigners received a one (spouses and relatives received a perfect score). (references)

The general performance of South African primary school learners is considered poor, with the average score reached by Grade 4 learners targeted by the South Africa MLA Survey, being below 50 percent. (references)

Economic History

Honduras

Price is one of the most important elements that influence the receptivity score of most Honduran imports. (references)

Austria

Evidence of proficiency is required for most businesses; usually a passing score on an examination or evidence of prior experience in the field is sufficient. (references)

Colombia

Major political parties: Conservative Party of Colombia, Liberal Party, and a score of small political movements (most of them allied with one or the other major party). (references)

Political Economy

Kenya

A score of other parties exist but have no representation in parliament. (references)

Travel

Philippines

Americans with vocal talents can score in the Philippines. (references)

Worker Rights

China

Although Tibetans are given admission preference, Han Chinese students frequently gain admission because they score higher on admission exams due to stronger Chinese-language skills and educational backgrounds. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Score

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Dennis Miller

So let's just forget about keeping score, and admit that men and women are equally selfish and petty.

Rush Limbaugh

That's why we fought the bloodiest war in our nation's history to end slavery about four score and seven years later.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Score

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Abraham Lincoln

1861-1865Four score 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.

George Bush

1989-1993They're smarter on this score than all of us in this room.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Score

"Score" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 67.69% of the time. "Score" is used about 3,692 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)67.69%2,4993,619
Lexical Verb (infinitive)27.79%1,0267,235
Lexical Verb (base form)4.27%15824,965
Noun (proper)0.19%7133,076
Unclassified Items0.03%1339,140
Noun (common)0.03%1339,140
                    Total100.00%3,692N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Score

The following table summarizes the usage of "score" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
ScoreLast name17042,166
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Score

Expressions using "score": actual score Apgar score articulation score baseball score basketball score bowling score bring down the score by the score discrimination score for speech final score football score Full score give a score Glasgow outcome score Gleason score gross score have a score to settle with smb. In score injury severity score Karnofsky performance score Karnofsky score keep the score Kendall's S score know the score line score Lod Score mean opinion score musical score on that score on the score of phonetically balanced score raw score score a basket score a bull's eye score a debt score a goal score a hat trick score a passage in a book score a success score goal score off score off smb. score out score over score paper score sheet score smb. off score the first goal score through score under score up score with the girls settle a score that was a score three score to score a point total score. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "score": score-based, score-board, score-book, score-card, score-cards, score-draw, score-draws, score-fixing, score-for, score-keepers, score-keeping, score-line, score-making, score-reading, score-settling, score-sheet.

Ending with "score": pas-score, three-score, top-score, t-score, Z-score.

Containing "score": no-score draw.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Score

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

iq score

3,935

score

2,748

credit score

2,589

baseball score

1,198

iq test score

938

fico score

910

mlb score

676

nba score

674

sat score

633

free credit score

502

college baseball score

465

music score

415

beacon score

407

average iq score

343

news score

309

score and odds

283

sport score

270

sports score

259

golf score

248

act score

241
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Score

Language Translations for "score"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

shkak (account, cause, come off, motivation, motive, occasion, parent, reason, root, spring), shënoj (aim, arrow, book, calendar, catalogue, chalk, charge, commit to paper, denote, earmark, indicate, itemize, jot down, kick, Mark, note, note down, pencil, post, punch, put down, record, remark, scribe, set off, sink, tally, tick off, write down), rezultat (conclusion, consequent, fruit, job, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, reflex, result, train, upshot), pikë (apoplexy, article, bead, blob, clause, count, Dot, drop, full stop, globule, installation, leak, match point, period, pip, pitch, point, spot, touch), notë në provim, marr (accede, acquire, assume, bring, catch, claim, collect, contract, draw, get, have, land, make, obtain, occupy, pick up, possess, realize, receive, take, take in, take out), llogarit (account, allow, calculate, count, determine, figure, figure on, number, numerate, reckon, weigh up), llogaris (account, allow, calculate, cast, compute, count, determine, figure, figure on, find, number, numerate, reckon, weigh up), llogari (account, calculation, charge account, design), hesap, fitoj (carry off, come by, come into, command, earn, fight down, gain, gain upon, get, get the best of, make, net, obtain, outfight, overcome, overthrow, possess, profit, pull in, realize, score off, take, touch, win), borxh (arrearage, arrears, borrowing, chalk, charge, debt, indebtedness, liability, owing), bazë (alkali, base, bases, basis, bedrock, bottom, evidence, foundation, grassroots, ground, groundwork, juice, radix, reason, seminal, substratum, substructure, ultimate). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏سجل (book, calender, cut, enroll, enter, history, list, log, mark, mark down, note, put down, rap, record, register, registry, send in, set down, sign on, take notes, tally, transcribe, write down), ‏دين (credit, cult, debit, debt, due, faith, judgement, leash, loan, persuasion, religion), ‏شرط (condition, provision, scarification, slash, slit, stipulation, string, term), ‏شج (scar, scarf, scratch, slash), ‏شج حجري, ‏شطب (blot, cancel, cancellation, cross, cross out, delete, deletion, scratch, scratching, slash, stroke, write off), ‏ألف (accustom, affect, compile, comprise, constitute, form, frequent, millenary, put together, thousand, write), ‏خدش (abrasion, claw, graze, mark, rake, scarify, scotch, scrape, scratch, scratch off), ‏دافع (advocate, apologize, assert, buckler, champion, cushion, defend, guard, guard against, hold off, impetus, impulse, impulsive, inducement, motive, object, payer, projectile, propellant, propeller, propulsive, repulsive, stand for, stick up for, urge, vindicate), ‏سبب (account, beget, breed, bring about, cause, give rise to, ground, inspire, motif, motive, occasion, procure, purpose, ratio, reason, rise, source, wherefore, why), ‏مجموع النقاط المحرزة, ‏سجل النقاط, ‏سجل هدفا (sink), ‏تحزيز (striation), ‏حسب (calculate, cast, cipher, compute, deem, figure, from, gather, in his element, number, on, pursuant to, rank, reason, reckon, tally, tell), ‏نتيجة (conclusion, consequence, echo, effect, emanation, end, event, fruit, offshoot, offspring, outcome, payoff, precipitate, product, progeny, purpose, ramification, repercussion, result, sequel, termination, upshot, work), ‏مجموع (aggregate, aggregated, entirety, sum, total, whole), ‏مجموع النقاط, ‏علامة (denotation, evidence, index, indication, learned, mark, marker, marking, pit, savant, scholar, seal, sign, smudge, stamp, symptom, tick, token, type). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

печеля (earn, gain, get, harvest, profit, pull down, realize, take in, win), двадесет (twenty), линия (foot rule, line, rule, ruler, set, side, streak, tack), бразда (drill, furrow, groove, line, notch, rut, sulcus), предимство (advantage, antecedence, asset, leg up, pas, plus, precedence, preference, priority, privilege, pull, right of way, start, vantage), правя резки на, забележка на място, причина (account, cause, excuse, factor, occasion, parent, reason, room, spring, subject, why), надрасквам (scratch, scribble), партитура, имам успех (go over, pay off, succeed as, take, take on), имам късмет (click), дълг (credit, debt, devoir, duty, indebtedness, liability, office, part, trust), драскотина (graze, scar, scotch, scrape, scratch, streak), драскам (scrabble, scratch), правя взятка, критикувам остро (pan, roast, slash, slate), сметка (account, bill, check, guess, reckoning, shot, tab), следя за резултата, рязка (incision, notch, ridge, scar, streak, stria, stripe, weal, welt), резултат (aftermath, conclusion, consequent, count, effect, end, event, harvest, issuance, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, produce, product, progeny, purpose, result, sequel), черта (base, ingredient, line, strand, streak, stria, trace), аранжирам (arrange, harmonize, set), късмет (cast, chance, fortune, godsend, hap, hit, jam, kismet, luck, pudding-bag, stroke of luck), старт (jump off, start), водя сметка, оркестрирам (instrument, orchestrate), отговор на място, отбелязвам резултата (score up), отбелязвам точка (hole), отбелязвам гол (net), точки. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

"分 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

střelit (report), skóre, zaznamenat (chalk up, notch, register, suffer, tally, write down), získat (acquire, cajole, capture, carry off, come by, conciliate, drum up, elicit, enlist, gain, get, make, notch up, obtain, pick up, piece up, procure, pull, raise, secure, take, win), vstřelit branku, vsítit, vrub (Dent, Nick, notch, tally), známka (evidence, grade, hallmark, note, stamp, token, trace, vestige), zbrázdit, dát (belt, give, hand, impart, issue, lay, lower, put, set, set by, to give), rýha (Dent, furrow, groove, stria), poškrábat (Mark, scar, scrape, scratch), mít úspìch (bring home the bacon, get away with it, make it, pan out, succeed), hodnocení, dvacet (twenty), výsledek (effect, offspring, outcome, outgrowth, product, result, upshot). (various references)

   

Danish

  

skølp, score, rille (bruised, furrow, groove, grooving, scratch, sulcus), ridsning (scribing), ridse (abrasion, bruised, groove, scratch, scribing, sleek, stripe), bukning (crease, folding, raising), bukke (common bogbean, crease, groove, marsh buckbean, marsh trefoil). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

orkestreren (orchestrate). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

adapti por orkestro (orchestrate). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پوان اوردن(درمسابقه), مارک (Brand, Stripe), نمره امتحان , نمره (Mark, Number), چوب خط, نشان (Aim, Attribute, Badge, Banner, Brand, Clue, Emblem, Ensign, Hallmark, Impress, Mark, Medal, Memento, Plaque, Presage, Seal, Show, Sign, Signal, Stamp, Standard, Symbol, Symptom, Tally, Target, Token, Trace, Track, Tract), حساب کردن (Account, Calculate, Compute, Count, Figure, Sum), حساب (Account, Arithmetic, Calculation, Tab, Tale, Tally), تحقیرکردن (Abject, Calldown, Despise, Humiliate), علامت گذاردن (Denote), ثبت کردن (Docket, Inscribe, Note, Put, Record, Register, Scroll), بحساب اوردن , باچوب خطحساب کردن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pistemäärä (marks, points). (various references)

   

French

  

score, rayure (scratch), partition, orchestrer, note, marque. (various references)

   

German

  

spielstand, Rille (cold shut, flute, furrow, glyph, groove, grooving, seam, slot, spline), Kratzer (block rake, cut, flight, graze, Mark, paddle, pig, rabbit, rabble, rabbler, scar, scraper, scratch, scratcher), Kerbe (bull's eye, bullseye, dent, dimple for a shot pin, hack, incision, indent, indentation, nick, notch, slot, snick). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σκορ, εντομή (groove, incision, nick, notch), αποτέλεσμα (after effect, conclusion, effect, outcome, outgrowth, result, return, upshot). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מ ין קו"ות, מ ין (from where, number, quorum, vote, whence), למתוח בקורת (criticize), לתזמר (orchestrate), לעשות חשבון (make up an account, reckon, square up, take stock), לעשות חריץ (rut), ל' ות (censure, condemn, damn, defame, denounce, disapprove, dispraise, impute, put to shame, thumbs down), לספור (account, count, number, tally, tick off), חשוב (big, calculation, considerable, important, significant, substantial, sum, tally), חשבון (account, arithmetic, bill, check, invoice, reckoning, statement, tally), חריץ (crack, crevice, ditch, fissure, flute, fluting, groove, jag, notch, rut, slit, slot), סימן (indication, sign, signal, symbol, tinge, token, trace), ספיר" (count, counting, era, numeration). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

rovás (nick, notch, recess, scoring, tally), pontszám. (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

nilai (account, mark, percentage, price), menjebolkan, gol (goal, point), angka (digit, number, numeral, point, rate, scorn). (various references)

   

Italian

  

punto (boil, dot, full stop, period, pip, pitch, point, punctum, quick, scratch, seed, spot, stitch, stop, suspicion), punteggio (pointing, score judging, scoring), partitura. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

譜表 (staff), (music, note), 点数 (credits, marks, number of items, points, runs), 点取り (competition for school marks, keeping score), "線譜 , 楽譜 , 戦績 (military achievements, results, war or military record), 得点 (marks obtained, points made, runs), 割符 (check, tally), 割り符 (check, tally), スケ番 (bar, energy, free-standing bar, grandstand play, grandstanding, leader of a female gang, road reflector, scoop, scope, scoping, scopophilia, scoreboard, scorebook, scorecard, scorer, scoring position, Scotch, Scotch egg, Scotch tape, Scotch terrier, Scotch tweed, Scotch whiskey, Scotland, Scotland Yard, scotophobin, Scott, shovel, Skopolamin, skunk, spade, squall, squawker, stability, stabilizer, staccato, stack, stacking permanent wave, stack-object, stack-pointer, stackware, stadium, stadium jumper, staff, stag film, stag party, stagflation, Stalinism, stamina, stamp, stamp collection, stance, stand, standard, standard number, standards, standby, standby passenger, stand-in, standing start, standing wave, standoff, standpoint, stand-up collar, Stanford, stanza, star, star guide, star king, star player, star sapphire, star system, Star Trek, Star Wars, Star Watching, starch, stardom, stardust, staring lineup, starlet, starlight, Stars and Stripes, start, start dash, start line, starter, starting block, starting member, starting pitcher, static, statistics, statue, Sterling block, Sterling engine, stout, stub, studio, studless tire, study, stuff, stuffed egg, stun, stun gun, stunt car, stunt man, style, style file, stylebook, styling, stylish, stylist, stylus, stymie). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

がくふ (academic centre, father-in-law), ふひょう (a tag or label, appended chart or table or graph, attached list, bad reputation, buoy, disgrace, floating, ice floe, pawn, staff, unpopularity), (affix, append, captive, generally, giving to, instructor, minus, music, negative, negative prefix, non, note, pawn, prisoner, refer to, slave, submitting to, tutor, un, victim, widely), せ"せき (military achievements, old battlefield, results, ship's country of registration, ship's nationality, springs and rocks, war or military record), "せ"ふ, わりふ (check, tally), スコア , とくて" (marks obtained, points made, privilege, runs, special favor), て"すう (credits, marks, number of items, points, runs), て"とり (competition for school marks, keeping score). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

(scores). (various references)

   

Manx

  

tailley (duty, fare, fee, impost, notch, tally, tally-stick), skensh, screeb (abrasion, scolding, scrape, scratch), scoaral, scoar, schimmeigey (stripe, variegate), schimmeig (chevron, dash, streak, stripe), feed (twenty), cur agg ayn (jag, nick, notch), cosney (acquire, acquisition, ascend, ascend hill, clear out, earn, elude, gain, make off, preserve, win), coontey (compute, count, description, list, number, portraiture), agg (nick, notch, step). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

orescay

   

Portuguese

  

contagem (canvass, count, counting, enumeration). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

sublinia (accent, accentuate, aver, emphasize, italicize, punctuate, represent, stress, underline, underscore), spirit (apparition, crack, essence, genius, ghost, intellect, mind, quirk, shade, shadow, soul, spectre, spirit, spirituousness, sprite, vision, wit), semn (auspice, badge, Beck, brand, character, denotation, dint, emblem, evidence, Favor, favour, gesture, impress, index, indication, mark, note, office, portent, print, property, scar, scratch, seal, sign, signal, splash, spot, symbol, symptom, token, trace, track, vestige, wave), scor, orchestra (instrument, orchestrate), însemnare (chalk, denotation, jotting, memorandum, note, noting, scotch, scratch, sign, tally), aprecia (appraise, appreciate, assess, consider, deem, determine, estimate, feel, gauge, guess, judge, measure, prize, put, rate, reckon, see, value, weigh), brãzda (furrow, gutter, line, plough, ridge, slice, streak, wrinkle), câştiga (acquire, bear away, bear off, carry, carry off, clean, come by, conciliate, conquer, convert, draw the winner, earn, find, gain, gain smb. over, make, obtain, overcome, purchase, steal, sweep, take the cake, win), cauzã (account, bottom, call, cause, consideration, ground, induction, motive, reason, root, subject, wherefore, whys), cresta (Dent, engrail, excise, Harrow, indent, jag, Nick, notch, round, scotch, slash, snick, stripe, wound), crestãturã (channel, hack, indenture, louver, Nick, notch, scotch, slash, slot, snick), critica sever (cut up, flay), douãzeci (twentieth, twenty), estima (appraise, assess, estimate, rate, value), marca (badge, brand, designate, ear-mark, hall mark, label, Mark, mark out, record, register, say, show, stamp, stencil, underline), înregistra (bill, book, chalk up, commit, enlist, enregister, enter, list, record, register, write), noroc (a bit luck, a piece of luck, blessing, chance, cheerio, fluke, fortune, god speed, good luck, hap, happiness, hazard, hello, hi, lot, luck, luckiness, more power to you, piece of luck, prosperity, star, strike, success, your health), zgârieturã (brush, gall, scrape, scratch), partiturã (part), puncta (Dot, emphasize, point, punch, punctuate, record, tick), pune pe note (set, set to music), rãboj (chalk, Nick, notch, tally), rãboji (tally), zeflemisi (banter, chaff, deride, rail, ridicule, scorn, slight, taunt), zgâria (bruise, claw, gall, raw, scrape, scratch, scrawl), motiv (account, call, cause, consideration, ground, impulse, motive, occasion, reason, spring, subject, wherefore, whys). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

счет очков, удача (chance, die, dream ticket, godsend, good innings, good luck, happiness, luck, lucky break, piece of luck, stroke of luck, success), выигрывать (gain, pull off, wins, won), вести счет выигрышей, оркестровать (orchestrate), отметка (grade, guide mark, reference mark, tick, trackmark), причина (cause, ground, reason, reason for, root, subject, wherefores), партитура, два десятка, делать (achieve, act, did, do, does, done, gamble on, made, make, perform, set about). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

sgriach (a score), fichead (a score, twenty). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

staviti u partituru, skor, zasek (incision, kerf, nick, notch, snick), zaseći (cut, incise, indent, notch, scarify, scotch, snick), zarezati (cut, nick, notch, sharpen), zarez (comma, cut, nick, nock, notch), usek (cut), uneti u zapisnik (minute), postići uspeh (notch), postići (accomplish, achieve, be successful, befall, roll up, run up), pogoditi (affect, hit, nail, plug), partitura, lak uspeh. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

puntuación (Mark, pointing, punctuation, score judging, scoring), tanteo (calculation, scoring, test, trial, try), estría (channel, drag line, fine cord, flute, groove, rasp, stretchmark, stria, string, thread, vein). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

tjog, skåra (cut, groove, incision, kerf, Nick, Nock, rip, slash, slit, slot), resultat (conclusion, effect, issue, offspring, off-spring, outcome, outgrowth, output, progeny, result, results, upshot), poängställning. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

skor kaydetmek, skor, sayı yapmak (convert, knock up, put on, score up), sayı (basket, button, cage, conversion, count, figure, goal, issue, number, numeral, numerary, point, quantity), hesabını tutmak, çentiklemek (mill, notch), çizgi (bar, drawing, furrow, grain, groove, line, ruling, scratch, stria, stripe, wheal), çizgi çekmek (draw a line, line through, rule, run through), çizik (dint, scar, scrape, scratch), çizmek (construct, cross out, depict, describe, draw, groove, limn, line, mark up, picture, plough, plow, rule, scar, scratch, set, trace, write off), ağır eleştirmek (pull to pieces, rap smb. over the knuckles, razz, scorch, slash), şanslı olmak (be fortunate, be lucky), azarlamak (admonish, baste, bawl out, berate, blame, blister, blow up, bring up, call down, call smb. over the coals, carpet, castigate, chew out, chide, come down on, decry, dress down, give a piece of one's mind, give smb. a talking-to, give smb. a telling-off, give smb. beans, give smb. hell, give the stick, inveigh, jaw out, keelhaul, lace into, lambaste, lash, lecture, let smb. have it, light into, objurgate, peck at smb., punish, rag, rail, rap smb. over the knuckles, rate, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reproach, reprove, roast, sail into, scold, slang, slap, slate, strafe, take to task, talk to smb., tell off, tell smb. one's mind, tick off, trim, twit, upbraid, vituperate), başlangıç çizgisi (scratch), değerlendirmek (appraise, appreciate, comment, commentate, evaluate, form an estimate of, interpret, judge, parlay, peruse, reclaim, recover, recycle, salvage, seize on, seize upon, size up), çentik (chip, chippy, cutting, dint, hack, indent, indentation, jag, kerf, knurl, notch, snick, tally), gol atmak (score a goal, touch down), yirmi (icos-, twenty), hesap (account, arithmetic, bill, calculation, calculus, computation, count, counting, estimate, reckoning, settling, sum, sums), işaretlemek (note, sign, tick, tick off), notaya geçirme, notaya geçirmek, partisyon, partisyon yazmak, puan (button, Mark, point, spot), durum (attitude, ball game, case, circumstance, condition, conditions, conjuncture, context, estate, event, fact, fettle, footing, instance, lay, lie, occasion, pass, plight, position, posture, repair, set, set up, shape, showing, situation, situs, stance, stand, state, state of affairs, status, trim, way). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

san (amount, number). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

рубець (cicatrix, paunch, rumen, scar, tripe, welt, whelk), робити зарубки, рахунок (account, bill, chalk, chit, count, expense, reckoning, scoring, tick), зарубка (dap, hag, kerf, notch, notching, snick, wound), заборгованість (arrearage, arrears, backlog), підраховувати (add together, add up, balance, calculate, cast, cast up, cipher, compute, enumerate, even, figure up, numerate, total), причина (account, bottom, breeder, cause, occasion, reason). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sổ bán thắng vết rạch, những thực tế của ho n cảnh, h ng hai chục. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

chweugain (one hundred twenty, six score, ten shillings). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Score

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