Grading

//ˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rank or grade.

    "He had no fear of Keefer's higher military rank. He was sure the communicator laughed at such gradings."

  2. 2
    evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score wordnet
  3. 3
    Gradation.
  4. 4
    changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface wordnet
  5. 5
    The act of reshaping the contour of the landscape so as to provide rainwater drainage around buildings, create lawns and gardens, prepare roadbeds, and so on.
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  1. 6
    the act of arranging in a graduated series wordnet
  2. 7
    Ellipsis of grading period. Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "Today is my first grading exam."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of grade form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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analysisarrangementcatalogingcategorizationclassificationcodification

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"The teacher may say nothing, grading the students on how much they participate, what they add to the discussion, and their leadership of it."

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