score
noun
the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
scored
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past participleof score.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof score.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
scorenounthe record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
Example Sentences
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A two-time Gatorade girls’ national soccer player of the year, Maddie DiMaria scored 24 times in 23 appearances with the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
No one has scored more goals for a national side, and no one has pulled on the Portugal shirt more times.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Before graduating from Cor Jesu Academy in St. Louis, she scored 67 goals and had 25 assists as a junior, leading her team to a 25-0 season and a state championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Ronaldo, then 30, scored in a 3-0 La Liga win over Levante in October 2015 to become the club's all-time top scorer with his 324th goal in 310 games.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
He would say, “And then I scored a telling point, Tim.”
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
