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rescore

rescore verb: to score again; to assign new marks to.

Verb

rescore (third-person singular simple present rescores, present participle rescoring, simple past and past participle rescored)

  1. (transitive) To score again; to assign new marks to.
    • The tests have to be rescored because of glaring mistakes made during grading.
    • The board discovered the problems after a couple of students paid to have their tests rescored by hand.2007 August 25, Karen W. Arenson, “Companies Agree to Pay to Settle SAT Error Suit”, in New York Times
  2. (transitive) To arrange (music) again.

Noun

rescore (plural rescores)

  1. An instance of rescoring.
    • Our team lost five points after the rescore.

Forms of rescore

Verb
third-person singular presentrescores
present participlerescoring
past participlerescored
pastrescored
Noun
pluralrescores

Origin of rescore

From re- + score.

Questions about rescore

What does rescore mean?
Rescore means to score again; to assign new marks to.
What part of speech is rescore?
Rescore can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of rescore?
The past tense of rescore is rescored.

Words near rescore in the dictionary

  1. rescope
  2. rescoped
  3. rescopes
  4. rescoping
  5. rescopings
  6. rescore
  7. rescored
  8. rescores
  9. rescoring
  10. rescorings
  11. rescour

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