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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Don't try to jam them into one scorecard. Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025 As the referee, Padilla was one of the three people who submitted an official scorecard for the fight. Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025 Crawford, moving up two weight classes, controlled the fight from the middle rounds onward, earning final scorecards of 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113. Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 Rounding out the regional scorecard are Panama and Honduras, with three investigations and at least one conviction each; and Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Colombia, Venezuela and Chile – all with at least one investigation. Sofía Benavides, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2025 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 20 Sep. 2025.

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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