rescore

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

re- +‎ score.

Verb[edit]

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.
    • 2007 August 25, Karen W. Arenson, “Companies Agree to Pay to Settle SAT Error Suit”, in New York Times[1]:
      The board discovered the problems after a couple of students paid to have their tests rescored by hand.
  2. (transitive) To arrange (music) again.

Noun[edit]

rescore (plural rescores)

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