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How to pronounce score in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms musical score
Type of sheet music


he studied the score of the sonata.
Type Words
Synonyms grievance, grudge
Type of rancour, gall, bitterness, rancor, resentment


settling a score.
Type Words
Synonyms scotch
Type of prick, dent, slit, scratch, incision
Type Words
Synonyms hit, rack up, tally
Type of advance, win, gain ground, make headway, pull ahead, get ahead, gain
Has types have, get even, ace, get, convert, eagle, shoot, equalize, equalise, par, walk, make, kick, homer, hole up
Derivation scorer


The home team scored many times.
Type Words
Synonyms grade, mark
Type of evaluate, appraise, assess, measure, valuate, value
Derivation scoring, scorer


score the SAT essays.
Type Words
Synonyms account
Type of ground, reason


he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful.
Type Words
Synonyms make, seduce
Type of persuade
Verb group seduce


Did you score last night?.
Type Words
Synonyms grade, mark
Type of evaluation, rating, valuation
Has types percentile, centile, grade point, decile, quartile


what was your score on your homework?.
Type Words
Synonyms mark, nock
Type of notch
Has types scarify, line, scribe, scotch
Verb group mark, pock, scar, pit
Derivation scorer


score the clay before firing it.
Type Words
Synonyms sexual conquest
Type of seduction, conquest
Has types cuckoldry


calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang.
Type Words
Synonyms mark
Type of record, put down, enter
Has types cancel, invalidate
Type Words
Type of debt


add it to my score and I'll settle later.
Type Words
Type of number
Has types lead, baseball score, basketball score, birdie, bogey, bowling score, stroke, deficit, double-bogey, double eagle, duck, duck's egg, eagle, football score, game, par, love, match


the score was 7 to 0.
Type Words
Type of set


a score were sent out but only one returned.
Type Words
Type of accomplish, attain, achieve, reach
Has types test


She scored high on the SAT.
He scored a 200.
Type Words
Type of success
Has types ten-strike, conversion, goal, break, hat trick, field goal, run, strike, spare, open frame, break of serve, bull's eye, safety, equalizer, basket, touchdown, tally


the winning score came with less than a minute left to play.
Type Words
Type of fact


he didn't know the score.
Type Words
Type of compose, write
Has types orchestrate

Examples of score

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Much of DeSmet's woes this winter can be pinned on its inability to score goals.
From the stltoday.com
Aaron Daniels ran for 92 yards on 11 carries and a score, all in the first half.
From the stltoday.com
Paraguay never has gotten this far and hasn't shown much of an ability to score.
From the stltoday.com
Martinez rushed for 137 yards and three touchdowns and passed for another score.
From the thenewstribune.com
There are four periods to each game, and the object is to score the most points.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Although the score was 1-0 at halftime, New Smyrna Beach was never in the match.
From the news-journalonline.com
Chicago's score also was a season high, topping its best of 123 against Phoenix.
From the sacbee.com
It also helps too when you hit a couple of threes and score a couple of lay-ins.
From the thenewstribune.com
The girls squad managed to score only six team points and finished 13th overall.
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More examples
  • Mark: 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?"
  • Gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
  • 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"
  • Make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"
  • A number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
  • Make underscoring marks
  • SCORE! Educational Centers (commonly SCORE!), was owned by Kaplan, Inc., which is a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company, and was a United States provider of customized supplementary education and one-on-three tutoring services for children in kindergarten through ninth grade. SCORE! ...
  • Score is a 3 CD/2 DVD combination by progressive metal band Dream Theater. It is a live album, recorded on April 1, 2006 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. This is the final concert of their 20th Anniversary Tour, labeled "A Very Special Evening with Dream Theater". ...
  • Score is the name of a sexploitation film directed by Radley Metzger that was one of the first films to explore bisexual relationships. It was part of the brief porn chic fad in the early 1970s that also included The Devil in Miss Jones and Deep Throat. ...