原義は「(20の)刻み目」; 昔, 羊などを数えるときに20頭ごとに棒に刻み目をいれた

source: June | 2017 | the HipCrime Vocab

1. the number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual:

(試合の)得点, スコア, 得点状況［結果］

e.g. the final score was 25–16 in favor of Washington.

informal an act of gaining a point, goal, or run in a game.

a rating or grade, such as a mark achieved in a test:

｟米｠ 【学科(の試験)の/試験の】得点, 点数(｟英｠ mark) «in/on»

e.g. an IQ score of 161.

(the score) informal the state of affairs; the real facts about the present situation:

e.g. “Hey, what's the score here, what's goin' on?”.

informal an act of buying illegal drugs.

｟米･くだけて｠ 入手すること.

informal the proceeds of a crime.

2. (plural same) a group or set of twenty or about twenty: 20、もしくは約20のグループや集合

｟書｠ (およそ)20

e.g. a score of men lost their lives in the battle: およそ20人の男たちがその戦闘で命を落とした。

e.g. Doyle's success brought imitators by the score.: ドイルの成功は大量の模倣者をもたらした。

(scores of) a large amount or number of something:

｟書｠ ; 〖～s of A〗 非常に多くのA〈人･物〉 (!強調表現)

e.g. he sent scores of enthusiastic letters to friends.

3. a written representation of a musical composition showing all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged one below the other.

〘楽〙 楽譜; 総譜, スコア; (映画･演劇用の)音楽

the music composed for a movie or play.

4. a notch or line cut or scratched into a surface.

刻み目, 切り込み線, 折り線

historical a running account kept by marks against a customer's name, typically in a tavern.

verb with object

1. gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game:

【試合･競技で/反則などで】〈点〉を取る, 得点する «in/off» ; 【学科(の試験)で/試験で】〈点数〉を取る «in/on»

e.g. Penn State scored two touchdowns in the fourth quarter

e.g. no object : Martinez scored on Anderson's sacrifice fly.

decide on the score to be awarded to (a competitor):

(試合･試験などで)〈点〉を与える; 〖～ A B/B for ［to］ A〗 〈審判などが〉A〈人･チーム〉にB〈点〉を与える

e.g. the judge must score each dog against this standard.

gain (a number of points) for a competitor; be worth:

(試合･競技で)…の点になる

e.g. each correct answer scores ten points.

decide on the scores to be awarded in (a game or competition):

e.g. the three judges each scored the bout 100–86 for the Panamanian.

no object record the score during a game; act as scorer.

(試合･競技の)得点を記録する

Baseball cause (a teammate) to score:

e.g. McNab singled, scoring Reynolds and Diaz.

informal secure (a success or an advantage):

〈成功･勝利など〉を収める

e.g. the band scored a hit single.

informal buy or acquire (something, typically illegal drugs):

｟米･くだけて｠ 〈物〉を手に入れる

｟俗｠ (麻薬を)手に入れる

e.g. Sally had scored some acid.

no object informal succeed in attracting a sexual partner for a casual encounter.

｟俗｠ 〈主に男が〉 【初対面の相手と】セックスする «with»

2. orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments:

〖通例be ～d〗 〈曲が〉(楽器［合唱］用に)編曲される

e.g. the Quartet Suite was scored for flute, violin, viola da gamba, and continuo.

compose the music for (a movie or play).

3. cut or scratch a notch or line on (a surface):

【刃物などで】〈肉･紙などの表面〉に切り込み［線］を入れる «with»

e.g. score the card until you cut through.

historical record (a total owed) by making marks against a customer's name:

e.g. a slate on which the old man scored up vast accounts.

4. Medicine & Biology examine (experimentally treated cells, bacterial colonies, etc.), making a record of the number showing a particular character.

register the score of a game as it proceeds.

informal be aware of the essential facts about a situation.

so far as that (or this) is concerned:

e.g. my priority was to blend new faces into the team and we have succeeded on that score.

outdo another person, especially in an argument.

1. take revenge on someone for a past act.

2. dated pay off a debt or other obligation.

late Old English scoru‘set of twenty’, from Old Norse skor ‘notch, tally, twenty’, of Germanic origin; related to shear. The verb (late Middle English) is from Old Norse skora ‘make an incision’.