grading

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

grading

1. present participle and gerund of grade

Noun

grading (plural gradings)

1. A rank or grade.
   • 1951, Herman Wouk, The Caine Mutiny:

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

   • 2003, Peter Jarvis, Colin Griffin, Adult and Continuing Education: Liberal adult education (part 1):

     No matter how dubious, or even fictitious, examination gradings may sometimes be, they make judgements possible on educational progress and on the maintenance of standards.

2. (mathematics) Gradation.
3. 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.
4. (Philippines, education) Ellipsis of grading period.

   Today is my first grading exam.

Derived terms

• color grading
• multigrading

Related terms

• grader

Anagrams

• draggin', garding, niggard