Definition: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely
Usage: the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th; their first tally came in the 3rd inning
Similar words: score
Definition: the act of scoring in a game or sport
Usage: the winning score came with less than a minute left to play
Synonyms: numeration, reckoning, count, counting, enumeration, tally
Definition: the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order
Usage: the counting continued for several hours
Similar words: investigating, investigation
Definition: the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically
Definition: a bill for an amount due
Similar words: bill, account, invoice
Definition: an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
Usage: he paid his bill and left; send me an account of what I owe
Synonyms: add, add together, add up, tally, sum, sum up, summate, tot, tot up, total, tote up
Definition: determine the sum of
Usage: Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town
Similar words: count, number, numerate, enumerate
Definition: determine the number or amount of
Usage: Can you count the books on your shelf?; Count your change
Definition: keep score, as in games
Synonyms: hit, tally, rack up, score
Definition: gain points in a game
Usage: The home team scored many times; He hit a home run; He hit .300 in the past season
Similar words: make headway, win, pull ahead, get ahead, gain, gain ground, advance
Definition: obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
Usage: The home team was gaining ground; After defeating the Knicks, the Blazers pulled ahead of the Lakers in the battle for the number-one playoff berth in the Western Conference
Synonyms: correspond, tally, jibe, match, fit, gibe, agree, check
Definition: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
Usage: The two stories don't agree in many details; The handwriting checks with the signature on the check; The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
Definition: be identical or equivalent to
Usage: One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!