score — meaning in English

English meaning

• mark noun A visible line, spot, or impression left on a surface.
• score noun The total number of points, goals, or runs earned in a game or contest.

Senses

score is used for these senses in English:

• mark A score for a sporting achievement. [from 20th c.]
• score The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.

mark — full definition

1. noun A visible line, spot, or impression left on a surface.
2. noun A number or grade given for the quality of academic work.
3. noun A target, or the intended victim of a scam.
4. verb To put a visible sign or symbol on something, or to grade schoolwork.
5. verb To acknowledge or celebrate an event.

score — full definition

1. noun The total number of points, goals, or runs earned in a game or contest.
2. noun The written music for all the parts of a composition, or the music composed for a film or play.
3. noun Old-fashioned or literary: a group of twenty.
4. verb To earn points, goals, or marks in a game or test.
5. verb Informal: to successfully obtain something desired, including illegal drugs.

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