I.
noun
1 in a game, competition, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , excellent , good , high , record , top
▪ winning
▪ bad , low , poor
▪ average
▪ close , level
▪
The ~ was close in the final game.
▪ aggregate ( BrE ), overall , total
▪ final , half-time
▪ individual , team
▪ basketball , football , etc.
▪ box (in baseball)
VERB + SCORE
▪ achieve , earn , finish with , get , have
▪ give (sb)
▪
He got around the course in 72, giving him an average ~ of 70.
▪ make , take
▪
A late goal made the ~ 4–2.
▪
A late goal took the ~ to 4–2.
▪ keep , record
▪
I'll keep (the) ~.
▪ level , tie
▪
Gerrard struggled valiantly to level the ~.
SCORE + VERB
▪ be , stand at
▪
At half-time the ~ stood at 3–0.
SCORE + NOUN
▪ board (usually scoreboard ) , card (usually scorecard ) , sheet ( BrE )
▪
The scoreboard showed we were in the lead.
▪
Inamoto failed to get his name on the ~ sheet ( = failed to score ).
▪ draw ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ against
▪
the best ~ for years against Italy
PHRASES
▪ bring the ~s level , keep the ~s level (both BrE )
▪
Ronaldo brought the ~s level at 2–2.
2 ( esp. AmE ) in a test
ADJECTIVE
▪ excellent , good , high , perfect , record , top
▪ bad , low , poor
▪ average , mean , median , standard
▪ combined , overall , total
▪ IQ , SAT ( AmE ), test
VERB + SCORE
▪ achieve , get , have , obtain , receive
▪ calculate
▪ compare
▪ give sb
▪ boost , improve , increase
▪
The article claims that vitamins will boost your child's IQ ~.
SCORE + VERB
▪ indicate , reflect , show
▪ range
▪
Most ten-year-olds had ~s ranging between 50 and 70.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ for
▪
She got an unusually low ~ for creativity.
3 written music
ADJECTIVE
▪ full
▪ music , musical
▪ orchestral , piano , vocal
▪
the vocal ~ of ‘The Magic Flute’
▪ ballet
▪ film , movie ( esp. AmE )
▪ original
▪
The original ~ for the movie was composed by John Williams.
VERB + SCORE
▪ compose , play , read , write
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
a mistake in the piano ~
II.
verb
1 win points, goals, etc.
ADVERB
▪ once , twice , etc.
▪ nearly
▪ easily
▪
Cunningham broke away and ~d easily.
▪ heavily ( BrE )
▪ finally
VERB + SCORE
▪ try to
▪ be able to , manage to
▪ fail to , have yet to
▪
Walker has yet to ~ this season.
▪ be ready to ( esp. AmE ), look likely to ( esp. BrE )
▪
Schumacher is ready to ~ at his home track again.
▪
Villa always looked likely to ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ against
▪
The crowd erupted when the Green Bay Packers ~d against the Denver Broncos.
▪ for
▪
She has not yet ~d for her new team.
PHRASES
▪ come close to scoring ( esp. BrE )
▪
It was Robertson who came closest to scoring.
▪ have a/the chance to ~ , have an/the opportunity to ~
▪
We had several chances to ~ in the second half.
▪ open the scoring
▪
Ronaldinho opened the scoring in the seventh minute of the game.
2 gain marks in a test, survey, etc.
ADVERB
▪ highly , well
▪
The company ~s highly on customer service.
▪ consistently
▪
Women consistently ~d higher than men in this test.
Score is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ batsman , ↑ side
Score is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ basket , ↑ coup , ↑ goal , ↑ hit , ↑ music , ↑ point , ↑ rating , ↑ run , ↑ success , ↑ touchdown , ↑ triumph , ↑ try , ↑ victory , ↑ win