Definition of "scoring" []

• Of something or someone that scores. (adjective)
• The process of keeping score in a sport or contest. (noun)
• The process of winning points in a sport or contest. (noun)
• The action of scratching paper or other material to make it easier to fold. (noun)
• Present participle of score. (verb)

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• "It is this area of the ice that defines the term "scoring chance," and we should see a skater convert ~15 percent of them to goals, on average."
• "Notes: Blue Jackets rookie center Derek Brassard, second on the team in scoring, is out indefinitely due to a separate shoulder sustained in a fight."
• "Iverson finished 15-of-25, including three 3-pointers, but he was hardly alone in scoring from the perimeter."