report card

noun

1
: a report on a student that is periodically submitted by a school to the student's parents or guardian
2
: an evaluation of performance

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Both teams also landed in the B range in our midseason report card. Chris Branch, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025 Watch Maddox get straight A's on a perfect daycare report card below. Kendall Malinchock, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025 These quarterly report cards are not the end-all, be-all for analysis. Matthew J. Belvedere,zev Fima, CNBC, 4 Jan. 2025 In its first climate plan report card, Phoenix claims some progress, with work still to do Sustainability measures on deck for 2025 Gallego also outlined sustainability plans for 2025. Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for report card 

Word History

First Known Use

1869, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of report card was in 1869

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“Report card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/report%20card. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

report card

noun
: a report containing a student's grades that is regularly sent by a school to the student's parents or guardian

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