score

English

/skɔː/, /skɔɹ/, /sko(ː)ɹ/, /skoə/

noun
Definitions
  • The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
  • The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
  • The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
  • Twenty, 20 (number).
  • A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
  • A weight of twenty pounds.
  • (music) The written form of a musical composition showing all instrumental and vocal parts below each other.
  • (music) The music of a movie or play.
  • Subject.
  • Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
  • A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
  • An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; debt.
  • (US) a criminal act, especially:
  • (US) A sexual conquest.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English score inherited from Old English scoru (score, tally, notch) derived from Old Norse skor (tear, score, notch) derived from Proto-Germanic *skurō (rift, incision, tear) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*(s)ker-

Gloss

cut, turn, bend, cut off, curve, divide, wrinkle, scrape, sever, shorten, split, dry, jump, move, in the sense of an enclosure, shrink, swing, part, skimp

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

踊

Emoji
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