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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

スコア

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sukoa

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Score/skɔːr/
nounverbCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #850 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"試合の最終スコアは3対1でした。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The number of points, goals, runs, etc., achieved in a game or competition.

    "The final score was 3-1 in favor of the home team."
As verb
  1. 1

    To gain a point, goal, or run in a game or competition.

    "She scored the winning goal in the final minute."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old Norse 'skor' meaning twenty, notch, or tally mark, stemming from the ancient Germanic practice of scoring notches on wood to keep count. Over centuries, the meaning shifted from a physical tally mark to numerical points in games, musical notation, and general evaluation.

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