/skɔː/
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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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