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score

 
 
/skɔːr/ noun

Definition

POINTS [C] the number of points someone gets in a game or test: a high/low score What's the score?
scores of sth a large number of people or things: Scores of teenage girls were waiting to get his autograph.
MUSIC [C] a printed piece of music
on that/this score about the thing or subject which you have just discussed: The company will pay your travel expenses, so don't worry on that score.
(Definition of score noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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