SCORE


Meaning of SCORE in English

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

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .