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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scored
     (sk[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.]
     1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches
        or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to
        score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
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              Let us score their backs.             --Shak.
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              A briar in that tangled wilderness
              Had scored her white right hand.      --M. Arnold.
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     2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for
        indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a
        tally.
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     3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or
        account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
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              Madam, I know when,
              Instead of five, you scored me ten.   --Swift.
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              Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. --Shak.
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     4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] --Spenser.
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     5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
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     6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as,
        to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.
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     7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the
        rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in
        the drift epoch.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Scorn \Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorned (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Scoring.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF.
     escarnir, escharnir. See Scorn, n.]
     1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of
        regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
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              I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me.  --Shak.
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              This my long sufferance, and my day of grace,
              Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
                                                    --Milton.
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              We scorn what is in itself contemptible or
              disgraceful.                          --C. J. Smith.
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     2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of
        insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
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              His fellow, that lay by his bed's side,
              Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. --Shak.
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     Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Score \Score\ (sk[=o]r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scored
     (sk[=o]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.]
     1. To mark with lines, scratches, or notches; to cut notches
        or furrows in; to notch; to scratch; to furrow; as, to
        score timber for hewing; to score the back with a lash.
  
              Let us score their backs.             --Shak.
  
              A briar in that tangled wilderness Had scored her
              white right hand.                     --M. Arnold.
  
     2. Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for
        indicating or keeping account of something; as, to score a
        tally.
  
     3. To mark or signify by lines or notches; to keep record or
        account of; to set down; to record; to charge.
  
              Madam, I know when, Instead of five, you scored me
              ten.                                  --Swift.
  
              Nor need I tallies thy dear love to score. --Shak.
  
     4. To engrave, as upon a shield. [R.] --Spenser.
  
     5. To make a score of, as points, runs, etc., in a game.
  
     6. (Mus.) To write down in proper order and arrangement; as,
        to score an overture for an orchestra. See Score, n., 9.
  
     7. (Geol.) To mark with parallel lines or scratches; as, the
        rocks of New England and the Western States were scored in
        the drift epoch.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Scorn \Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorned (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr.
     & vb. n. Scoring.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF.
     escarnir, escharnir. See Scorn, n.]
     1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of
        regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
  
              I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me.  --Shak.
  
              This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, Those
              who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.
  
              We scorn what is in itself contemptible or
              disgraceful.                          --C. J. Smith.
  
     2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of
        insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
  
              His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to
              laugh, and scorned him full fast.     --Chaucer.
  
              To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. --Shak.
  
     Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  scoring
       n : evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score;
           "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he
           had to do" [syn: marking, grading]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  scoring
     a.
     Of something or someone that scores.
     n.
     1 The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.
     2 The process of winning points in a sport or contest.
     3 The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier
  to fold.
     4 A deep groove made by glacial action or similar.
     vb.
     (present participle of en score nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  scoring
     a.
     Of something or someone that scores.
     n.
     1 The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.
     2 The process of winning points in a sport or contest.
     3 The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier
  to fold.
     4 A deep groove made by glacial action or similar.
     vb.
     (present participle of en score nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  scoring
     a.
     Of something or someone that scores.
     n.
     1 The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.
     2 The process of winning points in a sport or contest.
     3 The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier
  to fold.
     4 A deep groove made by glacial action or similar.
     vb.
     (present participle of en score nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  scoring
     a.
     Of something or someone that scores.
     n.
     1 The process of keeping score in a sport or contest.
     2 The process of winning points in a sport or contest.
     3 The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier
  to fold.
     4 A deep groove made by glacial action or similar.
     vb.
     (present participle of en score nocat=1)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  scoring
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en score ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb score)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Scoring /skˈɔːɹɪŋ/
  الإحراز

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  scoring /skˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 
  skórování

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  scoring /skˈɔːɹɪŋ/ 
  vyhodnocování