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What (who) is grade - definition
grade
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Graded; Grades; High-grade; Low-grade; Grading; Grade (disambiguation); Academic grade; Academic grades; Grading system; Grade (school); Gradable; Ungradable; Gradability; Grade (education); GRADES; School grades; Educational grades; Grades in education; Grades (education)
n.
1.
Rank, degree, step, stage.
2.
Gradient, rate of ascent or of descent (as on a railroad).
grade
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Graded; Grades; High-grade; Low-grade; Grading; Grade (disambiguation); Academic grade; Academic grades; Grading system; Grade (school); Gradable; Ungradable; Gradability; Grade (education); GRADES; School grades; Educational grades; Grades in education; Grades (education)
¦ noun
1. a particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value.
Linguistics a relative position in a series of forms involving ablaut.
2. a mark indicating the quality of a student's work.
N. Amer. (with specifying ordinal number) those pupils in a school who are grouped by age or ability for teaching at a particular level for a year: she teaches first grade.
3. chiefly N. Amer. a gradient or slope.
4. a variety of cattle produced by crossing with a superior breed.
¦ verb
1. arrange in or allocate to grades.
2. chiefly N. Amer. give a mark to (a student's work).
3. pass gradually from one level to another.
4. reduce (a road) to an easy gradient.
5. cross (livestock) with a superior breed.
Phrases
at grade N. Amer. on the same level.
make the grade informal succeed.
Origin
C16: from Fr., or from L. gradus 'step'.
grade
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Graded; Grades; High-grade; Low-grade; Grading; Grade (disambiguation); Academic grade; Academic grades; Grading system; Grade (school); Gradable; Ungradable; Gradability; Grade (education); GRADES; School grades; Educational grades; Grades in education; Grades (education)
(grades, grading, graded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something is graded, its quality is judged, and it is often given a number or a name that indicates how good or bad it is.
Dust masks are graded according to the protection they offer...
South Point College does not grade the students' work.
...a three-tier grading system.
VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ing
2.
The grade of a product is its quality, especially when this has been officially judged.
...a good grade of plywood.
...a grade II listed building.
N-COUNT: with supp, oft adj N, N num
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Grade is also a combining form.
...weapons-grade plutonium.
...aviation fuel and high-grade oil.
COMB in ADJ
3.
Your grade in an examination or piece of written work is the mark you get, usually in the form of a letter or number, that indicates your level of achievement.
What grade are you hoping to get?...
There was a lot of pressure on you to obtain good grades.
N-COUNT: with supp, oft adj N, N num
4.
Your grade in a company or organization is your level of importance or your rank.
Staff turnover is particularly high among junior grades.
N-COUNT: with supp
5.
In the United States, a grade is a group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age. When you are six years old you go into the first grade and you leave school after the twelfth grade.
Mr White teaches first grade in south Georgia.
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft ord N
6.
She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.
N-COUNT
7.
Someone's grade is their military rank. (AM)
I was a naval officer, lieutenant junior grade.
N-COUNT
8.
If someone makes the grade, they succeed, especially by reaching a particular standard.
She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.
PHRASE: V inflects
Examples of use of grade
1. It was grade." Quite a lot of things were "grade". Mr Blear had shown grade leadership.
2. Ashannafii Matakkaa, 11th grade '. Tasfaaye badhaadhaa, 11th grade 10.
3. Midway through first grade, I was moved to second grade.
4. A–grade zinc oxide is used in manufacturing pharmaceuticals and beauty products; B–grade in paints, ceramic and rubber among other things and the lowest grade is animal–feed grade.
5. "Last year we got Grade A, now it‘s Grade B," he said.