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{ "term": "score", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a2", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "score", "heSheIt": "scores" }, "pastSimple": "scored", "pastParticiple": "scored", "ingForm": "scoring" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to win points, goals, etc. in a game or competition", "sensetop": "score something", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Fraser scored again in the second half." }, { "text": "to **score a goal/try/touchdown/victory/point/run**", "contextForm": "score something" }, { "text": "Brazil failed to score a win, leaving their further progress in the competition in doubt." }, { "text": "the only man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final" }, { "text": "On his debut at Old Trafford he scored 154 against Australia." }, { "text": "She scored 20 points in 36 minutes." }, { "text": "He scored 30 goals in 20 games." }, { "text": "She scored twice in the first half." }, { "text": "He scored with a neat header." }, { "text": "She has not yet scored for her new club." }, { "text": "The England team failed to score against Italy on Saturday." } ], "topics": ["Games and toys", "Sports: ball and racket sports"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["once", "twice", "etc."], "verb + score": ["try to", "be able to", "manage to"], "preposition": ["against", "for"], "phrases": [ "come close to scoring", "have a/the chance to score", "have an/the opportunity to score" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to keep a record of the points, goals, etc. won in a game or competition", "cefr": "a2", "examples": [ { "text": "Who's going to score?" } ], "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to gain marks in a test or an exam", "sensetop": "score something+ adv./prep.", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She scored 98 per cent in the French test.", "contextForm": "score something" }, { "text": "Girls usually score highly in language exams.", "contextForm": "+ adv./prep." }, { "text": "Women consistently scored higher than men in this test." }, { "text": "Some studies show that low-income Latino adolescents tend to score low on self-esteem." } ], "topics": ["Education"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["highly", "well", "consistently"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to give something/somebody a particular number of points", "sensetop": "score something", "examples": [ { "text": "The tests are scored by psychologists." }, { "text": "Score each criterion on a scale of 1 to 5." }, { "text": "a scoring system" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to be worth a particular number of points", "sensetop": "score something", "examples": [ { "text": "Each correct answer will score two points." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to succeed; to have an advantage", "sensetop": "score (something)score over something", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "The army continued to score successes in the south.", "contextForm": "score (something)" }, { "text": "Lewis scored a win with a hugely funny sketch about a car salesman." }, { "text": "She's scored again with her latest blockbuster." }, { "text": "Bicycles score over other forms of transport in towns.", "contextForm": "score over something" }, { "text": "In the key area of negotiation, women scored highly." }, { "text": "The company scores highly on customer service." } ], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to arrange a piece of music for one or more musical instruments or for voices", "sensetop": "be scored for somethingscore something", "examples": [ { "text": "The piece is scored for violin, viola and cello.", "contextForm": "be scored for something" }, { "text": "The director invited him to score the movie *(= write the music for it)*.", "contextForm": "score something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to make a cut or mark on a surface", "sensetop": "score something", "examples": [ { "text": "Score the card first with a knife." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to have sex with a new partner", "sensetop": "score (with somebody)", "labels": "(slang)", "examples": [ { "text": "Did you score last night?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "to buy or get illegal drugs", "sensetop": "score (something)", "labels": "(slang)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to show that you are better than somebody, especially by making clever remarks, for example in an argument", "examples": [ { "text": "He was always trying to score points off his teachers." } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/skɔː(r)/", "audio": "sc/score/score__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/skɔːz/", "audio": "sc/score/scores__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/skɔːd/", "audio": "sc/score/scored__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːrɪŋ/", "audio": "sc/score/scoring__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/skɔːr/", "audio": "sc/score/score__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/skɔːrz/", "audio": "sc/score/scores__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/skɔːrd/", "audio": "sc/score/scored__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːrɪŋ/", "audio": "sc/score/scoring__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Late Middle English, from Old Norse skora ‘make an incision’." }