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GRADE
grade
(noun) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
grade
(noun) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; “the road had a steep grade”
degree, grade, level
(noun) a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; “a moderate grade of intelligence”; “a high level of care is required”; “it is all a matter of degree”
grade, ground level
(noun) the height of the ground on which something stands; “the base of the tower was below grade”
mark, grade, score
(noun) a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student’s performance); “she made good marks in algebra”; “grade A milk”; “what was your score on your homework?”
grade, gradation
(noun) a degree of ablaut
class, form, grade, course
(noun) a body of students who are taught together; “early morning classes are always sleepy”
grad, grade
(noun) one-hundredth of a right angle
grade, level, tier
(noun) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; “lumber of the highest grade”
grade
(verb) determine the grade of or assign a grade to
grade, score, mark
(verb) assign a grade or rank to, according to one’s evaluation; “grade tests”; “score the SAT essays”; “mark homework”
rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
(verb) assign a rank or rating to; “how would you rank these students?”; “The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide”
grade
(verb) level to the right gradient
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
grade (plural grades)
A rating.
(chiefly, North America) The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
Synonym: mark
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
(North America, education) A level of primary and secondary education.
(Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
The level of the ground.
(mathematics) A gradian.
(geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
(systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
(medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
Synonyms
• (taxon that is not a clade): paraphyletic group
Verb
grade (third-person singular simple present grades, present participle grading, simple past and past participle graded)
(chiefly, North America) To assign scores to the components of an academic test.
(chiefly, North America) To assign a score to overall academic performance.
To organize in grades.
To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface.
(sewing) To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.
(intransitive) To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
Anagrams
• Adger, Degar, EDGAR, Edgar, Gerda, garde, radge, raged
Source: Wiktionary
Grade, n. Etym: [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree, Gradus.]
1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. Buckle.
2. In a railroad or highway: (a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264. (b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient.
3. (Stock Breeding)
Definition: The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing.
– Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
– Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
– Equating for grades. See under Equate.
– Grade crossing, a crossing at grade.
Grade, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n. Grading.]
1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.
2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.
3. (Stock Breeding)
Definition: To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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