scorekeeping
Recording the score
Scorekeeping is tracking points or progress in a game, competition, or ongoing situation.
The literal sense covers sports and games: Who's doing the scorekeeping tonight?
Figuratively, it describes monitoring who owes what in relationships or disputes: Marriage shouldn't be about scorekeeping.
The term often carries a negative connotation when applied to personal relationships, suggesting petty tallying of grievances or favors.
Recorded count
- marksVisible signs or grades
- notchesV-shaped incisions
- hash marksParallel lines denoting position
- countingDetermining quantity sequentially
tick marks · running total · tabulation · enumeration · points · strokes · reckoning · adding up
Sports rule enforcer
innings · quarters · halftime · overtime · penalty · foul · touchdown · rebound
Official record of events
- scorecardRecord of play
- ledgerFinancial record book
- recordsStored data or albums
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
stats · statistics · archive · database · registry · chronicle · play-by-play · game log
Ranked list of competitors
- standingsComparative position list
- rankingsOrdered list by performance
- bracketSupport or category
- tournamentMulti-round competitive event
champion · finalist · seed · playoff · elimination · tiebreaker · matchup · rivalry
Forming an opinion
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
- points systemMethod of tracking credits
- rubricEvaluation criteria set
criteria · deductions · marks · assessment · penalty points · bonus points
tally
Recorded count
- marksVisible signs or grades
- notchesV-shaped incisions
- hash marksParallel lines denoting position
counting · tick marks · running total · tabulation · enumeration · points · strokes · reckoning · adding up · cumulative
referee
Sports rule enforcer
assists · innings · quarters · halftime · overtime · penalty · foul · touchdown · rebound · timer
logbook
Official record of events
documentation · stats · statistics · archive · database · registry · chronicle · play-by-play · game log · match report
leaderboard
Ranked list of competitors
tournament · champion · finalist · seed · playoff · elimination · tiebreaker · matchup · rivalry · victory
judging
Forming an opinion
- gradingAssigning marks to work
- ratingAssigned evaluative score
- points systemMethod of tracking credits
rubric · criteria · deductions · marks · assessment · penalty points · bonus points
- tournamentstournament, tournaments, bracket, brackets, tournament brackets
- youth sportsyouth soccer, youth basketball, youth swimming, youth volleyball, youth wrestling
- keeping thingssafekeeping, recordkeeping, bookkeeping, housekeeping, timekeeping
- manipulation tacticsgaslighting, guilt trip, guilt-tripping, guilt tripping, emotional blackmail
- baseballbaseball, bat, pitchers, catchers, pitcher
- chesscheck, pawns, knights, rooks, pawn
scorekeepingplaying
Participating in recreation
competing · participating · performing · active participation · spectating
scorekeepingforgiveness
Releasing resentment toward offenders
letting go · grace · moving on · unconditional love · absolution
keep, score, keeping, keepsake, scoring, underscore, scoreboard, outscore, scoreless