SCORING SYSTEM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scoring system mean? 

• SCORING SYSTEM (noun)
  The noun SCORING SYSTEM has 1 sense:

1. a system of classifying according to quality or merit or amount

  Familiarity information: SCORING SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCORING SYSTEM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system of classifying according to quality or merit or amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

rating system; scoring system

Hypernyms ("scoring system" is a kind of...):

classification system (a system for classifying things)

 Context examples 

A scoring system of disease severity in patients with end-stage liver disease.

(Model for End-Stage Liver Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A scoring system described by Dr. Ishak and colleagues that assesses the histopathologic degree of liver damage.

(Ishak Score, NCI Thesaurus)

A numeric result derived from the BLAST raw score which is normalized to the statistical parameters of the scoring system in use.

(BLAST Bit Score, NCI Thesaurus)