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Spot is a related term of score.


As a noun spot

is .

As a verb score is

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spot

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
  • The leopard is noted for the spots of color in its fur.
  • A stain or disfiguring mark.
  • I have tried everything, and I can’t get this spot out.
  • A pimple, papule or pustule.
  • That morning, I saw that a spot had come up on my chin.
    I think she's got chicken pox; she's covered in spots .
  • A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
  • Would you like to come round on Sunday for a spot of lunch?
  • (slang, US) A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
  • Here's the twenty bucks I owe you, a ten spot''' and two five '''spots .
  • A location or area.
  • I like to eat lunch in a pleasant spot outside.
    For our anniversary we went back to the same spot where we first met.
  • * Milton
  • That spot to which I point is Paradise.
  • * Wordsworth
  • "A jolly place," said he, "in times of old! / But something ails it now: the spot is cursed."
  • * 2011 , Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/15210221.stm]
  • Yachvilli made it 6-0 with a second sweet strike from 45 metres after Matt Stevens was penalised for collapsing a scrum, and then slid another penalty just wide from the same spot .
  • A parking space.
  • *
  • (sports) An official determination of placement.
  • The fans were very unhappy with the referee's spot of the ball.
  • A bright lamp; a spotlight.
  • (US, advertising) A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
  • Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?
  • Difficult situation; predicament
  • She was in a real spot when she ran into her separated husband while on a date.
  • (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting) One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter
  • (soccer) penalty spot
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=January 8 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot . }}
  • The act of spotting or noticing something.
  • - You've misspelled "terrapin" here.
    ''- Whoops. Good spot .
  • A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
  • A food fish (Liostomus xanthurus ) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
  • The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
  • (in the plural, brokers' slang, dated) Commodities, such as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery.
  • An autosoliton.
  • Derived terms

    * on the spot * put someone on the spot * sitspot * shot spot * spot check * spot color / spot colour * spot market * spot on * spot remover * spotty * X marks the spot

    Verb

    (spott)
  • To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify
  • Try to spot the differences between these two pictures.
  • (finance) To loan a small amount of money to someone.
  • I’ll spot you ten dollars for lunch.
  • (ambitransitive) To stain; to leave a spot (on).
  • Hard water will spot if it is left on a surface.
    a garment spotted with mould
  • To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
  • I spotted the carpet where the child dropped spaghetti.
  • (gymnastics, dance, weightlifting, climbing) To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
  • I can’t do a back handspring unless somebody spots me.
  • (dance) To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
  • Most figure skaters do not spot their turns like dancers do.
  • To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
  • * Sir Philip Sidney
  • My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
  • If ever I shall close these eyes but once, / May I live spotted for my perjury.
  • To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
  • Statistics

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    Anagrams

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    score

    English

    (wikipedia score)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The total number of points earned by a participant in a game.
  • The number of points accrued by each of the participants in a game, expressed as a ratio or a series of numbers.
  • The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a grade.
  • (cricket) A presentation of how many runs a side has scored, and how many wickets have been lost.
  • (cricket) The number of runs scored by a batsman, or by a side, in either an innings or a match.
  • Twenty, 20 (number ).
  • * 1863 November 19, (Abraham Lincoln), , based on the signed "Bliss Copy"
  • "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
  • A distance of twenty yards, in ancient archery and gunnery.
  • (Halliwell)
  • A weight of twenty pounds.
  • (music) One or more parts of a musical composition in a format indicating how the composition is to be played.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=55, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Travels and travails , passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
  • Subject.
  • * 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .
  • Well, although we haven't discussed the views of all those who make precise reckonings of being and not [being], we've done enough on that score .
  • Account; reason; motive; sake; behalf.
  • * Hudibras
  • But left the trade, as many more / Have lately done on the same score .
  • * Dryden
  • You act your kindness in Cydria's score .
  • A notch or incision; especially, one that is made as a tally mark; hence, a mark, or line, made for the purpose of account.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used.
  • An account or reckoning; account of dues; bill; hence, indebtedness.
  • * Shakespeare
  • He parted well, and paid his score .
  • (US, crime, slang) A robbery; a criminal act.
  • (US, crime, slang) A bribe paid to a police officer.
  • (US, crime, slang) An illegal sale, especially of drugs.
  • (US, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
  • (US, slang) A sexual conquest.
  • Synonyms

    * (sense, prostitute's client) see

    Derived terms

    * go off at score * scorecard * film score * threescore * fourscore * scoreless

    Verb

    (scor)
  • To earn points in a game.
  • Pelé scores again!
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=September 29 , author=Jon Smith , title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And White Hart Lane was stunned when Rovers scored just five minutes after the restart in front of their away following.}}
  • To earn (points) in a game.
  • It is unusual for a team to score a hundred goals in one game.
  • To achieve (a score) in e.g. a test.
  • * 2004 , Diane McGuinness, Early reading instruction: what science really tells up about how to teach readin
  • At the end of first grade, the children scored 80 percent correct on this test, a value that remained unchanged through third grade.
  • To record (the score) for a game or a match.
  • To scratch (paper or cardboard) with a sharp implement to make it easier to fold.
  • To make fine, shallow lines with a sharp implement, for example as cutting indications.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
  • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away, […].}}
    The baker scored the cake so the servers would know where to slice it.
  • (slang) To have sexual intercourse.
  • Chris finally scored with Pat last week.
  • (slang) To acquire or gain.
  • Did you score tickets for the concert?
  • To obtain something desired.
  • * 1919 ,
  • "Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did. After all, I've scored by it."
  • To provide (a film, etc.) with a musical score.
  • (US, crime, slang, transitive, of a police officer) To extract a bribe.
  • Derived terms

    * scorable * score a brace * score off, score-off * unscored

    Interjection

    (en-interjection)!
  • (US, slang) Acknowledgement of success
  • See also

    * grade

    References

    * Tom Dalzell, The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English , 2008, page 846

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