Definition of Scores

1. Noun. A large number or amount. "She amassed stacks of newspapers"


Definition of Scores

1. Noun. (plural of score) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of score) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scores

1. score [v] - See also: score

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scores

scorecard
scorecards
scored
scored off
scorekeeper
scorekeepers
scorekeeping
scoreless
scorelessly
scoreline
scorelines
scorepad
scorepads
scorer
scorers
scores (current term)
scores off
scoresheet
scoresheets
scorewriter
scorewriters
scoria
scoriac
scoriaceous
scoriae
scoriated
scoriating
scoriation
scoriations
scorie

Literary usage of Scores

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Educational Research by Educational Research Association (U.S. (1921)
"After the papers were corrected a distribution was made of all scores of each ... Following this, a distribution of scores on a basis of age regardless of ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"If one player wins every trick, he wins a capot, and scores forty for the cards, instead of ten. During the play of the hand, a player is entitled to be ..."

3. Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering: An Update (1993)
"SAT scores. In 1991, almost 100200 blacks took the SAT, accounting for about 10 percent of the total. A majority of these test-takers (58 percent) were ..."

4. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1921)
"Let *i and xt be the scores expressed as deviations from their respective means in two ... Then if Xi-scores are estimated from ajj-scores, there will be ..."

5. Educational Diagnosis of Individual Pupils: A Study of the Individual by Chester Arthur Buckner (1919)
"TRANSMUTATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF scores When all the papers had been scored the first step was to record the scores of the seventy-two boys in such manner ..."

6. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing (1993)
"In the 1960s, American students performed as well as stu- Figure 1-—Twelfth Grade Achievement scores in Geometry Hong Kong Japan ..."

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