- score
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 in a game, competition, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ big, excellent, good, high, record, top▪ winning▪ bad, low, poor▪ average▪ close, level▪
The score 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 score of 70.
▪ make, take▪A late goal made the score 4–2.
▪A late goal took the score to 4–2.
▪ keep, record▪I'll keep (the) score.
▪ level, tie▪Gerrard struggled valiantly to level the score.
SCORE + VERB▪ be, stand at▪At half-time the score 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 score sheet (= failed to score).
▪ draw (BrE)PREPOSITION▪ score against▪the best score for years against Italy
PHRASES▪ bring the scores level, keep the scores level (both BrE)▪Ronaldo brought the scores level at 2–2.
2 (esp. AmE) in a testADJECTIVE▪ excellent, good, high, perfect, record, top▪ bad, low, poor▪ average, mean, median, standard▪ combined, overall, total▪ IQ, SAT (AmE), testVERB + 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.
SCORE + VERB▪ indicate, reflect, show▪ range▪Most ten-year-olds had scores ranging between 50 and 70.
PREPOSITION▪ score for▪She got an unusually low score for creativity.
3 written musicADJECTIVE▪ full▪ music, musical▪ orchestral, piano, vocal▪the vocal score of ‘The Magic Flute’
▪ ballet▪ film, movie (esp. AmE)▪ original▪The original score for the movie was composed by John Williams.
VERB + SCORE▪ compose, play, read, writePREPOSITION▪ in a/the score▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a mistake in the piano score
verb1 win points, goals, etc.ADVERB▪ once, twice, etc.▪ nearly▪ easily▪Cunningham broke away and scored easily.
▪ heavily (BrE)▪ finallyVERB + SCORE▪ try to▪ be able to, manage to▪ fail to, have yet to▪Walker has yet to score this season.
▪ be ready to (esp. AmE), look likely to (esp. BrE)▪Schumacher is ready to score at his home track again.
▪Villa always looked likely to score.
PREPOSITION▪ against▪The crowd erupted when the Green Bay Packers scored against the Denver Broncos.
▪ for▪She has not yet scored for her new team.
PHRASES▪ come close to scoring (esp. BrE)▪It was Robertson who came closest to scoring.
▪ have a/the chance to score, have an/the opportunity to score▪We had several chances to score 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 scores highly on customer service.
▪ consistently▪Women consistently scored higher than men in this test.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
