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Scoring   /skˈɔrɪŋ/   Listen
Scoring

noun
1.
Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score.  Synonyms: grading, marking.


Score

verb
(past & past part. scored; pres. part. scoring)
1.
Gain points in a game.  Synonyms: hit, rack up, tally.  "He hit a home run" , "He hit .300 in the past season"
2.
Make small marks into the surface of.  Synonyms: mark, nock.
3.
Make underscoring marks.  Synonym: mark.
4.
Write a musical score for.
5.
Induce to have sex.  Synonyms: make, seduce.  "Did you score last night?" , "Harry made Sally"
6.
Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance.  "He scored a 200"
7.
Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.  Synonyms: grade, mark.  "Score the SAT essays" , "Mark homework"



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"Scoring" Quotes from Famous Books



... real, the throw must certainly be less than one foot. Yet, in the immediate neighbourhood of the fracture, the violence of the shock was extreme. "Trees have been overthrown or killed as they stood; a huge mass of rock, dislodged from near the crest of the hills, has rolled down the slope, scoring the side of the hill. On the opposite side an equally large block has been dislodged, and in its downward course cleared a straight track down the hill; and on the summit a gap has been cleared by the overthrow of trees along the line of fracture." Being only a few ...
— A Study of Recent Earthquakes • Charles Davison
... cast grateful shade. Before them, a quarter of a mile distant, the broad bosom of the river flashed and sparkled in the afternoon sunlight. But few had eyes for that, for Durham had two men on bases with two out and one of her heavy hitters was at bat. Thus far there had been no scoring and now there was a breathless silence as Willings put the first ball over ...
— The New Boy at Hilltop • Ralph Henry Barbour
... the ground with the wind knocked out of him, Schohari and Swift converged on the ball. With Astro down and Tom out of position, the Arcturus unit seemed certain of scoring. But again the ball rolled crazily, this time straight to Roger, the last defender. He nudged it between his opponents toward Tom, who, in turn, kicked it obliquely past Allen back to Roger again. Running with the grace and speed of an antelope, the blond cadet met ...
— Stand by for Mars! • Carey Rockwell
... know now where it is, and they'll be likely to impose a quite considerable fine on you when the rebellion's over unless this suttee's put an end to. Besides, you couldn't think of a better way of scoring off the priests than by enforcing the law and abolishing the practice. Think ...
— Rung Ho! • Talbot Mundy
... what boys call 'scoring.' That will, no doubt, be eradicated as it rises more in society. Apropos, what ...
— Father Stafford • Anthony Hope


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