📒 to win points, goals, etc. in a game or competition
- Fraser scored again in the second half.
- score something to score a goal/try/touchdown/victory/point/run
- Brazil failed to score a win, leaving their further progress in the competition in doubt.
📒 to keep a record of the points, goals, etc. won in a game or competition
📒 to gain marks in a test or an exam
- score something She scored 98 per cent in the French test.
- + adv./prep. Girls usually score highly in language exams.
- Women consistently scored higher than men in this test.
📒 to give something/somebody a particular number of points
- The tests are scored by psychologists.
- Score each criterion on a scale of 1 to 5.
- a scoring system
📒 to be worth a particular number of points
- Each correct answer will score two points.
📒 to succeed; to have an advantage
- score (something) The army continued to score successes in the south.
- Lewis scored a win with a hugely funny sketch about a car salesman.
- She's scored again with her latest blockbuster.
📒 to arrange a piece of music for one or more musical instruments or for voices
- be scored for something The piece is scored for violin, viola and cello.
- score something The director invited him to score the movie (= write the music for it).
📒 to make a cut or mark on a surface
- Score the card first with a knife.
📒 to have sex with a new partner
- Did you score last night?
📒 to buy or get illegal drugs
📒 to show that you are better than somebody, especially by making clever remarks, for example in an argument
- He was always trying to score points off his teachers.