Score

Success

To Collect
To Achieve
To Win
To Get
To Bring In

To Collect
To Land
To Receive
To Procure
To Secure

To Gain
To Get
To Source
To Pick Up
To Earn

To Win
To Draw
To Gross
To Make
To Garner

SCORE, v. { skor } [ 1 ] To get ( a point, goal, etc. ) in a game — McGuinness scored against his own team by accident. [ 2 ] To write down or record ( the total number of points, goals, etc. ) during a game — To score a tennis match. [ 3 ] To give ( someone ) a grade or points on a test, performance, etc. — This teacher scores too hard. / The judges will score your performance based on a scale of one to ten. [ 4 ] To be worth ( a certain number of points ) — Every correct answer scores three points. [ 5 ] informal – To acquire or earn ( an advantage or success ) — Yasmine scored great seats to the concert. / I scored my dream summer job. [ 6 ] To be successful or lucky — The film scored big at last year’s Oscars. / I really scored at the shopping mall today; I bought all these items for under $100. [ 7 ] informal – To get or buy ( something, usually illegal drugs ) — Mike scored some pot from his neighbor. [ 8 ] informal – To have sexual intercourse, usually with someone you are not in a relationship with — Lanny scored last night. [ 9 ] To write music for ( a play or film ) — The film was scored by a famous composer. [ 10 ] To scratch or cut a line or mark on ( a surface ) — Score the wood evenly on both sides. [ 11 ] medical, biology – To analyze ( treated cells, bacterial colonies, etc. ), recording the number with a particular feature or character — Emily scored the bacteria in the lab.

Score one more point for global uniformitarianism, and put one more nail in the coffin of diversity. [ The Economist ] Turco stopped Laraque’s first shot on goal this season, but he managed to score on the rebound at 2:51. [ Montreal Gazette ] The Mystics, who made just 34.7 percent of their shots, went through several prolonged scoring droughts. [ The Washington Post ] Sheehan scored on a driving layup on East’s opening possession of the fourth quarter to tie the game at 40-40. [ Chicago Tribune ] The big centre helped spark a remarkable comeback against the Eels, scoring two tries and running for 118 metres. [ The Sydney Morning Herald ] He was wrongly sent off at Anfield so it was good to see him return to the Emirates to score against his old club. [ Irish Examiner ] Our middle order batsmen went out while trying to score quick runs after myself and Tharanga steadied the innings. [ BBC ] But Orient manipulated the white ball cleverly after the break and scored two second-half goals to force extra time. [ The Guardian ] The girls scored an average of 102.5 on a test that asked them to count shapes and do simple addition and subtraction. [ Los Angeles Times ] He was superb during the exhibition schedule, scoring six goals and four assists in seven games, and started the season on the top line. [ National Post ] And it’s Eto’o to score with an easy shot after Poulsen’s defensive mistake allowed Webo to pick up and deliver a low cross from the left. [ The Irish Times ] Poland followed that up with a two-goal, two-assist performance against Hofstra, and then scored a penalty in a victory over No. 16 Drexel. [ Times Colonist ] Judge Sotomayor sat on the appeals court panel that rejected the challenge brought by white firefighters who scored high in testing but were denied promotion. [ The New York Times ] Meanwhile he worked industriously at composition, and one of his pieces was a Concert Overture in F, scored for small orchestra. [ Project Gutenberg ] Cheyenne stood to his guns, shied a third stone, scored a bull’s-eye, and then decided to evacuate in favor of the enemy. [ Project Gutenberg ]

From the noun score; from Old English scoru, ‘set of twenty ( as indicated by a mark or notch )’; from Norse skor, ‘mark, notch’; from Germanic skuron, ‘mark, notch’.