scorecard

noun

score·​card ˈskȯr-ˌkärd How to pronounce scorecard (audio)
1
: a card for recording the score of a game
2
: a report or indication of the status, condition, or success of something or someone

Examples of scorecard in a Sentence

I always like to keep a scorecard when I watch a baseball game. The candidate rates highly on the magazine's legislative scorecard.
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Different scorecards are a part of combat sports, but Vazquez’s card was egregiously off base. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024 Fei-Fei Li’s startup developed a 3D-scene generation system, a scorecard by former Fox News hosts tracks companies on employee-silencing practices, and these are three women to know at Walmart. – Shop smart. Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2024 Pennsylvania Pennsylvania was ranked the first the hardest battleground state for Harris to win the last time the scorecard was published, just after the Labor Day uptick in campaigning. Mabinty Quarshie, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Sep. 2024 Pulling out of the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index — a scorecard for a business's commitment to LGBTQ+ equality and causes. Emily Peck, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scorecard 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1877, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of scorecard was circa 1877

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“Scorecard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scorecard. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

scorecard

noun
score·​card -ˌkärd How to pronounce scorecard (audio)
: a card for recording the score (as of a game)

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