scorecard

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noun

A printed card allowing spectators of a game to identify players and record progress.

“A scorecard and a short pencil were tucked into his breast pocket.”

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Meanings

nounscorecard (plural scorecards)

plural scorecards · alternative score card · alternative score-card

  1. A printed card allowing spectators of a game to identify players and record progress.

    A scorecard and a short pencil were tucked into his breast pocket.

  2. ball gamesA tabular representation of the most important statistics of an innings or match.
  3. figurativelyA system of ratings.

    What we need is some kind of scorecard by which we can make objective comparisons between these products.

    2 more examples

    Kosovo Criminal Justice Scorecard assesses the current state of the criminal justice sector, using as benchmarks the recommendations identified in our May 2006 report […]

    2008, Human Rights Watch, Kosovo Criminal Justice Scorecard, page 32

    Merseyrail and LNER have emerged at the top of a scorecard ranking train operators for their provision of services and facilities for people travelling with babies and young children.

    2023 September 6, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Merseyrail and LNER top family-friendly survey”, in RAIL, number 991, page 14

Synonyms & antonyms

noun(golf) a record of scores (as in golf)

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recordrecord bookbook
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card

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From score + card.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 計分卡 /计分卡
  • 計分卡 /计分卡 (jìfēnkǎ)card allowing spectators to identify players and record progress
French carte de pointage
  • carte de pointagecard allowing spectators to identify players and record progress
German Scorecard
  • Scorecardcard allowing spectators to identify players and record progress
Irish cárta scóir
  • cárta scóircard allowing spectators to identify players and record progress
Japanese スコアカード
  • スコアカード (sukoakādo)card allowing spectators to identify players and record progress
Polish karta wyników
  • karta wynikówcard allowing spectators to identify players and record progress
Russian счётная ка́рточка
  • счётная ка́рточка (sčótnaja kártočka)card allowing spectators to identify players and record progress
Cite this entry
APA

scorecard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorecard

MLA

“scorecard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorecard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scorecard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scorecard.

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