Kilo Lingo

/skɔː/

Line drawing of score
Coloured illustration of score
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Translation

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

Word origin

From Old Norse skor, a notch cut into a stick, because counts were once cut that way.

Origin
Old Norse
Root
skor

Examples

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The "score" tells you how many points each side has.

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We read scores as "three to one" or "three nil".

scored winning .

"Score" is also a verb meaning to win a point or a goal.

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This word is part of lesson 29.