Grades

//ɡɹeɪdz// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of grade form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Grammar school, primary school, or the years of school prior to high school. plural, plural-only

    "I planned to have each girl, as soon as she had finished the grades, spend a year at home with me. Before going on to high school my girls were to take a year off, to assume the responsibility with me as chief adviser or prime ministers."

Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of grade form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Synonyms

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classdegreemarkmarkrateacclivity

Example

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"I wish I could care more about my grades but it seems that, at a certain point of my life, I decided they wouldn't be so important anymore."

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high school

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