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# scoring

«scoring» in Mova's school dictionary: **getting points or goals in a game** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, verb form (scoring; from score)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Scoring is getting points or goals in a game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#m1)

2) Scoring is also the rule for how points are counted, for example 2 points for each basket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#m2)

3) Scoring is cutting light lines into a surface so it folds or breaks neatly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#m3)

4) Scoring is writing music for a film or band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths the scoring rule is a rate: points = points per score × number of scores. In sport: the top scorer, scoring chances, opening the scoring. In crafts: scoring card before folding it. In tests: the scoring guide tells teachers how many marks each answer gets.

### examples

- In this game, scoring a goal gives 3 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#x1)
- The scoring is 1 point for each right answer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#x2)
- He kept scoring until he had 20 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#x3)
- How many points did she get by scoring 4 baskets? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#x4)
- Mia opened the scoring with a goal in the first minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#x5)
- Scoring the card with a ruler makes it fold in a straight line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#x6)
- The scoring in rugby is different from the scoring in football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#x7)
- He loves scoring music for school plays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/#x8)

### note

Present participle and noun from «score»: drop the e and add -ing. The scoring rule is a rate: points = points per score × number of scores. Trap: different kinds of scoring may give different points (a try 5, a conversion 2), so multiply each kind by its own points before adding. Trap: «scoring» means making points, not the score itself.

### In the corpora

- [Then he imagined playing football against the Reception class, scoring forty goals, and walking off feeling like a champion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/408-smurfs-cheaters-and-hacks/8/)
- [Like a whole team scoring the goal, many groups and soldiers made it happen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/58-china-1911-1949-and-mao/2/)
- [Four bat-and-ball and oval-ball games, four scoring systems.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scoring» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scoring/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.