Pronunciations (6)
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/ɡɹeɪd/
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[ɡɹeɪd]
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[ɡɹɛjd]
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[ɡɹeːd]
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[ɡɹæɪd]
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ɡɹeɪd
Noun
A rating.
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This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.
prime grade beef
Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
Usage- Canada
- Philippines
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He got a good grade on the test.
I gave him a good grade for effort.
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You need a grade of at least 80% in first-year calculus to be admitted to the CS major program.
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
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There are a lot of varieties of diatomaceous earth, so when you are shopping, be sure to get the right stuff! Make sure that you get food grade diatomaceous earth. Some people make 3% of the food they eat be diatomaceous earth.
Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
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The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent.
The incline can be altered to any grade so as to suit the weight of the door or gate to which the butt is attached.
A level of primary and secondary education.
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Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year.
Clancy starts grade five this year.
A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
Usage- Canada
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The grade fives are on a field trip.
An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
The level of the ground.
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This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade.
A gradian.
In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
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The whistle of the shot as it cuts the leaves / Of the maples around the church’s eaves— / And the grade of hatchets, fiercely thrown, / On wigwam-log, and tree, and stone.
A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
An eyeglass prescription.
Usage- Philippines
Verb
To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.
Usage- Canada
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To organize in grades.
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a graded reader
To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.
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to grade land before building on it
The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock.
To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.
To increase or decrease the dimensions of a garment pattern from the initial base size in such a way that the overall proportions of the silhouette are maintained across all sizes.
To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process).
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Brain scans were graded on a five-point scale of atrophy.
To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
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He has rightly observed that while -ísimo superlatives are typically prenominal, adjectives graded with the intensifier muy "very" are characteristically postnominal.
Adjectives graded for comparative and superlative degree can function both attributively and predicatively. Most descriptive adjectives are gradable: As modifiers of a noun Have you got a larger size? […]
Similarly to the Hungarian adjectives graded with the suffix -ik, in place of naj, najto, or, in agreement with the noun, -najte, -najta, -najto forms occur, e.g., najtolepsi or najtelepsi, najtelepsa, najtelepse 'most beautiful'.
To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
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And there were circles even beyond these – […] humanity grading and drifting beyond the educated vision, until no earthly invitation can embrace it.
To pass from one school grade into the next.
Usage- Canada
- Dated
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I graded out of grade two and three and arrived in Miss Hanson's room.
Noun
a body of students who are taught together
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early morning classes are always sleepy
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
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lumber of the highest grade
the gradient of a slope or road or other surface
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the road had a steep grade
one-hundredth of a right angle
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a degree of ablaut
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a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
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she made good marks in algebra
grade A milk
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what was your score on your homework?
the height of the ground on which something stands
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the base of the tower was below grade
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
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a moderate grade of intelligence
a high level of care is required
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it is all a matter of degree
a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
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Verb
assign a rank or rating to
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how would you rank these students?
The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
level to the right gradient
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
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grade tests
score the SAT essays
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mark homework
determine the grade of or assign a grade to