the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play"
the facts about an actual situation; "he didn't know the score"
a written form of a musical composition; parts for different instruments appear on separate staves on large pages; "he studied the score of the sonata"
a set of twenty members; "a score were sent out but only one returned"
grounds; "don't do it on my account"; "the paper was rejected on account of its length"; "he tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful"
a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest; "the score was 7 to 0"
a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally)
an amount due (as at a restaurant or bar); "add it to my score and I'll settle later"
make underscoring marks
gain points in a game; "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"
get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance; "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
make small marks into the surface of; "score the clay before firing it"
having or being more than normal or necessary:"long on brains"; "in long supply"
primarily spatial sense; of relatively great or greater than average spatial extension or extension as specified; "a long road"; "a long distance"; "contained many long words"; "ten miles long"
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified; "a long life"; "a long boring speech"; "a long time"; "a long friendship"; "a long game"; "long ago"; "an hour long"
(of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration; " the English vowel sounds in `bate', `beat', `bite', `boat', `boot' are long"
holding securities or commodities in expectation of a rise in prices; "is long on coffee"; "a long position in gold"
involving substantial risk; "long odds"
of relatively great height; "a race of long gaunt men"- Sherwood Anderson; "looked out the long French windows"
for an extended time or at a distant time; "a promotion long overdue"; "something long hoped for"; "his name has long been forgotten"; "talked all night long"; "how long will you be gone?"; "arrived long before he was expected"; "it is long after your bedtime"
a regulator (as a sliding plate) for regulating the flow of air into a furnace or other heating device
an air passage (usually in the floor or a wall of a room) for admitting or excluding heated air from the room
(computer science) memory device that is the part of computer memory that has a specific address and that is used to hold information of a specific kind
(music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments
an official written record of names or events or transactions
a book in which names and transactions are listed
enter into someone's consciousness; "Did this event register in your parents' minds?"
send by registered mail; "I'd like to register this letter"
manipulate the registers of an organ
show in one's face; "Her surprise did not register"
enroll to vote; "register for an election"
record in writing; enter into a book of names or events or transactions
underestimate the real value or ability of; "Don't sell your students short--they are just shy and don't show off their knowledge"
sell securities or commodities or foreign currency that is not actually owned by the seller, who hopes to cover (buy back) the sold items at a lower price and thus to earn a profit
declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar"
allow to enter; grant entry to; "We cannot admit non-members into our club"
serve as a means of entrance; "This ticket will admit one adult to the show"
give access or entrance to; "The French doors admit onto the yard"
afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
a methodical examination or review of a condition or situation; "he made an audit of all the plants on his property"; "an energy efficiency audit"; "an email log audit"
attend academic courses without getting credit
examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification; "audit accounts and tax returns"
a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program; "his narrative was interesting"; "Disney's stories entertain adults as well as children"
consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story; "narrative poetry"