{
    "term": "score",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "score",
            "heSheIt": "scores"
        },
        "pastSimple": "scored",
        "pastParticiple": "scored",
        "ingForm": "scoring"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to win points, goals, etc. in a game or competition",
            "sensetop": "score something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Fraser scored again in the second half."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **score a goal/try/touchdown/victory/point/run**",
                    "contextForm": "score something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Brazil failed to score a win, leaving their further progress in the competition in doubt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the only man to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final"
                },
                {
                    "text": "On his debut at Old Trafford he scored 154 against Australia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She scored 20 points in 36 minutes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He scored 30 goals in 20 games."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She scored twice in the first half."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He scored with a neat header."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has not yet scored for her new club."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The England team failed to score against Italy on Saturday."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Games and toys", "Sports: ball and racket sports"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["once", "twice", "etc."],
                "verb + score": ["try to", "be able to", "manage to"],
                "preposition": ["against", "for"],
                "phrases": [
                    "come close to scoring",
                    "have a/​the chance to score",
                    "have an/​the opportunity to score"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to keep a record of the points, goals, etc. won in a game or competition",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Who's going to score?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to gain marks in a test or an exam",
            "sensetop": "score something+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She scored 98 per cent in the French test.",
                    "contextForm": "score something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Girls usually score highly in language exams.",
                    "contextForm": "+ adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Women consistently scored higher than men in this test."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some studies show that low-income Latino adolescents tend to score low on self-esteem."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Education"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["highly", "well", "consistently"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to give something/somebody a particular number of points",
            "sensetop": "score something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The tests are scored by psychologists."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Score each criterion on a scale of 1 to 5."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a scoring system"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "to be worth a particular number of points",
            "sensetop": "score something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Each correct answer will score two points."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "to succeed; to have an advantage",
            "sensetop": "score (something)score over something",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The army continued to score successes in the south.",
                    "contextForm": "score (something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lewis scored a win with a hugely funny sketch about a car salesman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's scored again with her latest blockbuster."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bicycles score over other forms of transport in towns.",
                    "contextForm": "score over something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the key area of negotiation, women scored highly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company scores highly on customer service."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "to arrange a piece of music for one or more musical instruments or for voices",
            "sensetop": "be scored for somethingscore something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The piece is scored for violin, viola and cello.",
                    "contextForm": "be scored for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The director invited him to score the movie *(= write the music for it)*.",
                    "contextForm": "score something"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "to make a cut or mark on a surface",
            "sensetop": "score something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Score the card first with a knife."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "to have sex with a new partner",
            "sensetop": "score (with somebody)",
            "labels": "(slang)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Did you score last night?"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "to buy or get illegal drugs",
            "sensetop": "score (something)",
            "labels": "(slang)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to show that you are better than somebody, especially by making clever remarks, for example in an argument",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was always trying to score points off his teachers."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔː(r)/",
                "audio": "sc/score/score__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːz/",
                "audio": "sc/score/scores__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːd/",
                "audio": "sc/score/scored__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːrɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sc/score/scoring__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːr/",
                "audio": "sc/score/score__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːrz/",
                "audio": "sc/score/scores__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/skɔːrd/",
                "audio": "sc/score/scored__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈskɔːrɪŋ/",
                "audio": "sc/score/scoring__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Late Middle English, from Old Norse skora ‘make an incision’."
}