grade

IPA: grˈeɪd

noun

  • A rating.
  • (chiefly Canada, US) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
  • A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
  • (linguistics) Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
  • A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
  • (Canada, US, 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.
  • (ophthalmology, Philippines) An eyeglass prescription.

verb

  • (chiefly Canada, US) To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.
  • To organize in grades.
  • To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.
  • (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.
  • To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process).
  • (linguistics) To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
  • (intransitive) To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
  • (Canada, no longer current, intransitive) To pass from one school grade into the next.
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Examples of "grade" in Sentences

  • Hello, I'm in eighth grade.
  • Tetragon is learned in grade 4.
  • The evaluation was made on the grade of the diamond.
  • The first grade is a prerequisite for the second grade.
  • The course of study extends from the kindergarten to the eleventh grade.

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