Sports / A2

SKOR/skɔː/

A score is the number of points in a game: the final score, a high score, keep score. Score is also a verb: score a goal, score twenty points. Result can mean the wider outcome; score is the numbers. Music score is a later meaning (written music). Do not say “the score is win” — give the numbers: three–one, or they won 3–1.

Meaning

The number of points a player or team has in a game.

Examples

• “The final score was three to one.”
• “What was the score at half-time?”
• “She scored twice in the second half.”

Good to know

the final score. Verb: score a goal / points. Keep score. Contrast: result = the outcome.

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