Meaning

6 senses
  1. The process of tallying (notching into a piece of wood to keep score).

    The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.

    The scoring of a tennis match is overseen by a single referee.

  2. The process of winning points in a sport or contest.

    Scoring a basket in basketball is worth two or three points.

  3. The process of giving a score, such as a grade.

    evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score

  4. The process of cutting grooves.

    The process of cutting grooves into food, such as bread or meat (for meat, often a square grid), before baking in the oven.

  5. The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold.

  6. A deep groove made by glacial action or similar.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

Derivative form of score, initially meaning “groove, notch, cut”, stemming from the same r

Derivative form of score, initially meaning “groove, notch, cut”, stemming from the same root as shear and scar.

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Forms

plural: scorings
Singularscoring
Pluralscorings

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score:markinggrading

Word family

1 related words
Relatedscore

See also

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