1. (

• mark ,
• grade ,
• score

) 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?" ;

2. (

• score ,
• musical_score

) 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" ;

3. (

• score

) a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0" ;

4. (

• score

) a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned" ;

5. (

• score ,
• account

) grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful" ;

6. (

• score ,

) the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score" ;

7. (

• score

) an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later" ;

8. (

• score ,
• scotch

) a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) ;

9. (

• grudge ,
• score ,
• grievance

) a resentment strong enough to justify retaliation; "holding a grudge"; "settling a score" ;

10. (

• score

) the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" ;

11. (

• sexual_conquest ,
• score ,

) a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse; "calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang" ;

1. (

• score ,
• hit ,
• tally ,
• rack_up ,

) gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season" ;

2. (

• score ,
• nock ,
• mark ,

) make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it" ;

3. (

• score ,
• mark

) make underscoring marks ;

4. (

• score

) write a musical score for ;

5. (

• seduce ,
• score ,
• make ,

) induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally" ;

6. (

• score ,

) get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200" ;

7. (

• grade ,
• score ,
• mark

) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" ;