grade
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See also gradé
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French grade (“‘a grade, degree’”) < Latin gradus (“‘a step, pace, a step in a ladder or stair, a station, position, degree’”) < gradi, pp. gressus (“‘to step, walk, go’”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡɹeɪd/
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- Rhymes: -eɪd
[edit] Noun
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grade (plural grades)
- A rating.
- I gave him a good grade for effort.
- A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
- This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.
- A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
- The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent
- (North American, education) A level of pre-collegiate education.
- Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year. (US)
- Clancy starts grade five this year. (Canada)
- (Canadian, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
- The grade fives are on a field trip.
- An area that has been graded by a grader (construction machine)
- The level of the ground.
- This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade.
- (mathematics) An angular measure equal to a 90th part of a right angle; a degree
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[edit] Translations
rating
[edit] Verb
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to grade (third-person singular simple present grades, present participle grading, simple past and past participle graded)
- To assign scores to the components of an academic test.
- To assign a score to overall academic performance.
- To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface.
[edit] Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun or verb grade