no score
In a sporting event, a score of zero to zero.
score
UK /skɔː/ US /skɔː/
noun 5verb 5intj 1
Definitions
noun
1
The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
The player with the highest score is the winner.
2
The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
The score is 8-1 even though it's not even half-time!
3
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
The test scores for this class were high.
The study not only showed IQ variance between children the same parents, but because the authors had the IQ scores of various parents, it demonstrated that parents with higher IQs tended to have more kids, ruling out the dysgenic fertility theory as a driver of falling IQ scores and highlighting the role of environmental factors instead.
4
Twenty (20).
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
I went on trying for fish along the western bank down the river, but only small trout rose at my flies, and a score was the total catch.
5
Twenty (20).
At Markes full fortie score they vs'd to Prick and Roue.
verb
1
To cut a notch or a groove in a surface.
A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…].
The baker scored the cake so that the servers would know where to slice it.
2
To record the tally of points for a game, a match, or an examination.
3
To obtain something desired.
"Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it."
In the past decade gay people have scored a number of significant advances.
4
To obtain something desired.
It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
Pelé scores again!
5
To obtain something desired.
No, Butthead, that's my point. You didn't score. You got a zero.
At the end of first grade, the children scored 80 percent correct on this test, a value that remained unchanged through third grade.
intj
1
An acknowledgement of success.
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