Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scoring

/skˈɔɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables: scor-ing
IPA: /skˈɔɹɪŋ/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of something or someone that scores.

noun

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

noun

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

noun

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

noun

The process of cutting grooves.

noun

The process of cutting grooves.

noun

The process of cutting grooves.

verb

present participle and gerund of score

Example Sentences

"The highest scoring team will win the match."
"The scoring of a tennis match is overseen by a single referee."
"Scoring a basket in basketball is worth two or three points."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

scorings (plural)

Synonyms

grading scratching groving graving marking

Rhymes With

boring exploring ignoring pouring restoring storing roaring soaring flooring snoring warring adoring

Questions

How do you pronounce scoring?: The recorded pronunciation is /skˈɔɹɪŋ/.
What does scoring mean?: Of something or someone that scores.
Where does scoring come from?: Derivative form of score, initially meaning “groove, notch, cut”, stemming from the same root as shear and scar.

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