Meanings
- not comparableOf something or someone that scores.
The highest scoring team will win the match.
plural scorings
- The process of tallying (notching into a piece of wood to keep score).
- root senseThe process of winning points in a sport or contest.
Scoring a basket in basketball is worth two or three points.
- The process of cutting grooves.
- root sensecookingThe process of cutting grooves into food, such as bread or meat (for meat, often a square grid), before baking in the oven.
Synonyms: scratching, groving, graving
- root senseThe action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold.
Synonyms: scratching, groving, graving
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of score
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe process of giving a score, such as a grade.
nounThe process of cutting grooves into food, such as bread or meat (for meat, often a square grid), before baking in the oven.
nounThe action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold.
nounA deep groove made by glacial action or similar.
More synonyms by meaning
nounevaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Derivative form of score, initially meaning “groove, notch, cut”, stemming from the same root as shear and scar.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish pistelasku, maalinteko
- pistelaskuprocess of keeping score
- maalintekoprocess of winning points
- pisteiden tekoprocess of winning points
- raaputusaction of scratching
Italian punteggio, grattata
- punteggioprocess of keeping score
- grattataaction of scratching
Cite this entry
scoring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scoring
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