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1. Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
   "what he disliked about teaching was all the scoring he had to do";
   - marking, grading

1. Gain points in a game
   - tally, rack up
    
2. Make small marks into the surface of
   "score the clay before firing it";
   - nock, mark
    
3. Make underscoring marks
   - mark
    
4. (music) write a musical score for
    
5. Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance
   "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
    
6. Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
   "score the SAT essays";
   - grade, mark
    
7. [slang] Successfully get someone to be one's date or sex partner
   "he scored last night";
   - pull [Brit, slang]
    
8. [slang] Induce to have sex
   "Did you score last night?";
   - seduce, make [slang]

Derived forms: scorings

Type of: accomplish, achieve, advance, appraise, assess, attain, compose, enter, evaluate, evaluation, gain, gain ground, get ahead, make headway, measure, notch, persuade, pull ahead, put down, rating, reach, record, scope, valuate, value, win, write

Encyclopedia: Scoring