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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Half of his Cabinet appointments are people of color, according to Inclusive America, a nonprofit organization that publishes a government diversity scorecard. Farah Stockman, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025 The city’s traffic is now so thick that New York was named the world’s most congested city in a 2023 traffic scorecard compiled by the transportation data analytics firm INRIX, beating out London, Paris and Mexico City. Winnie Hu, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2025 This scorecard prioritizes wealth-building in Black communities and reshapes how organizations assess their projects. Lenwood V. Long, Sr., Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024 Many human judges have become wildly maligned for egregious scorecards, and for more than a century, many have seen them as a window into corruption in the sport. Brian Mazique, Forbes, 18 Dec. 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 18 Jan. 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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