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Grade

//ɡɹeɪd// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A rating.
"This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount."
2
a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed wordnet
3
Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score. Canada, Philippines, US
"He got a good grade on the test."
4
the gradient of a slope or road or other surface wordnet
5
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
"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."

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6
a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality wordnet
7
Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
8
the height of the ground on which something stands wordnet
9
A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
"The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent."
10
a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance) wordnet
11
A level of primary and secondary education. Canada, Philippines, US
"Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year."
12
a degree of ablaut wordnet
13
A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level). Canada
"The grade fives are on a field trip."
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a body of students who are taught together wordnet
15
An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
16
one-hundredth of a right angle wordnet
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The level of the ground.
"This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade."
18
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group wordnet
19
A gradian.
20
In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
21
A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
"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."
22
A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
23
The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
24
An eyeglass prescription. Philippines

Verb

1
To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance. Canada, US
2
determine the grade of or assign a grade to wordnet
3
To organize in grades.
"a graded reader"
4
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation wordnet
5
To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.
"to grade land before building on it"

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assign a rank or rating to wordnet
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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.
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level to the right gradient wordnet
9
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.
10
To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process).
"Brain scans were graded on a five-point scale of atrophy."
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To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
"He has rightly observed that while -ísimo superlatives are typically prenominal, adjectives graded with the intensifier muy "very" are characteristically postnominal."
12
To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another. intransitive
"And there were circles even beyond these – […] humanity grading and drifting beyond the educated vision, until no earthly invitation can embrace it."
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To pass from one school grade into the next. Canada, dated, intransitive
"I graded out of grade two and three and arrived in Miss Hanson's room."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian gri̇̀diju (“to go, wander”).

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