score
verb (WIN) /skɔːr/
/skɔːr/ Definition
B1 [I or T] to win or get a point, goal, etc. in a competition, sport, game, or exam: Tennant scored (a goal) in the last minute of the match. In American football, a touchdown scores (= is worth) six points. She scored 18 out of 20 in the spelling test.Scoring, winning and losing in sportWinning and defeatingLosing and being defeated › [I or T] to succeed in an activity or to achieve something: She has certainly scored (a success) with her latest novel. Nearly every bomb scored a hit. You have a lot of patience - that's where you score over (= are better than) your opponents.Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling › [I] UK to record the number of points won by competitors: We need someone to score for tomorrow's match.Refereeing and judging in sport
(Definition of score verb (WIN) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accomplish verb
- achieve verb
- acquit verb
- attain verb
- be a hard/tough act to follow idiom
- do the job idiom
- do/work wonders idiom
- excel verb
- execute verb (DO)
- follow (sth) through phrasal verb
- make the grade idiom
- measure up phrasal verb
- necessity is the mother of invention idiom
- never look back idiom
- not put a foot wrong idiom
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