rescore

verb

Meaning

To score again; to assign new marks to.
To score again; to assign new marks to.
To arrange (music) again.
An instance of rescoring.

Examples

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.
Our team lost five points after the rescore.

Word Forms

rescores rescoring rescored

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-
Proto-Germanic *skurō
Old Norse skorder.
Old English scoru
Middle English score
English score
English rescore
From re- + score.

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