What is the meaning of scoring?

noun

• Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score.
  • usage: "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
  • synonyms: marking, grading

verb

• Gain points in a game.
  • usage: "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit. 300 in the past season"
  • synonyms: score, hit, tally, rack up
• Make small marks into the surface of.
  • usage: "score the clay before firing it"
  • synonyms: score, nock, mark
• Make underscoring marks.
  • synonyms: score, mark
• Write a musical score for.
  • synonyms: score
• Induce to have sex.
  • usage: "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night"; "Harry made Sally"
  • synonyms: seduce, score, make
• Get a certain number or letter indicating quality or performance.
  • usage: "She scored high on the SAT"; "He scored a 200"
  • synonyms: score
• Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation.
  • usage: "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
  • synonyms: grade, score, mark