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Grade

Grade Meaning & Definition
Grade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grade?

[n] the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"
[n] a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"
[n] the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade"
[n] 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?"
[n] a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"
[n] one-hundredth of a right angle
[n] a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"
[adj] (of domestic animals) improved by selective breeding
[adj] at surface level; "a grade crossing"
[v] determine the grade of or assign a grade to
[v] assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"
[v] assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
[v] level to the right gradient

Synonyms | Synonyms for Grade: class | degree | form | grad | ground level | ground-level | improved | level | level | mark | mark | order | place | range | rank | rate | score | score | surface | tier

Related Terms | Find terms related to Grade: acclivity | adjust | align | alphabetize | amount | analyze | arrange | array | ascend | ascent | assort | bank | bevel | bezel | blood | bolt | bracket | branch | break down | bulk | caliber | calibrate | calibrated | cant | careen | caste | catalog | categorize | category | chute | clan | class | classify | climb | codify | collate | compass | condition | cool off | correct | cut | cut it | dab | decline | declivity | decrease | degree | deploy | descend | descent | differentiate | digest | dip | dispose | divide | division | downgrade | drag | dress | drop | dub | easy slope | echelon | enlarge | equalize | estate | evaluate | even | extent | fall | fall away | fall off | fell | file | flatten | fleam | flush | form | gauge | gentle slope | glacis | go downhill | go uphill | gradate | gradation | gradational | gradient | gradual | graduate | graduated | grease | group | grouping | hack it | hanging gardens | harmonize | harrow | head | heading | height | helicline | hierarchic | hierarchize | hill | hillside | inclination | incline | inclined plane | increase | index | interval | keel | kin | label | launching ramp | lay | lay down | lay flat | lay level | lay low | lay out | league | lean | leaning | leap | level | line up | list | lubricate | make it | make the grade | mark | marshal | match | measure | measure up | methodize | mow | normalize | notch | nuance | oil | order | organize | pacify | pas | pass | peg | period | pigeonhole | pitch | place | plane | planish | plaster | plateau | point | position | predicament | progressive | proportion | qualify | quiet | race | rake | ramp | range | rank | rase | rate | rating | ratio | raze | reach | regular | regularize | regulate | remove | retreat | riddle | rise | roll | roll flat | round | routinize | rubric | rung | scalar | scale | scarp | scope | score | screen | section | separate | sept | set | set up | shade | shade off | shadow | shave | shelve | shelving beach | side | sidle | sieve | sift | situation | size | slant | slope | smooth | smooth down | smooth out | smoothen | sort | sort out | space | stage | stair | standard | standardize | standing | state | station | status | steamroll | steamroller | steep slope | step | stiff climb | stint | strain | stratum | structure | subdivide | subdivision | subgroup | suborder | subordinate | succeed | swag | sway | systematize | tabulate | talus | tier | tilt | tip | title | track | tranquilize | tread | type | upgrade | uprise | year

See Also | A level | aggrade | amplitude level | angular unit | appraise | assemblage | assess | assort | biology class | caliber | calibre | centile | chemistry class | class | classify | college level | decile | depth | downgrade | downgrade | elevation | English class | evaluate | evaluation | even | even out | extreme | first grade | gathering | gradient | high | immoderateness | immoderation | intensity | intensiveness | judge | level | low | magnitude | measure | moderateness | moderation | O level | percentile | physics class | prioritise | prioritize | quadrant | quality | quartile | rank | rating | reorder | right angle | rise | rising slope | seed | separate | sequence | shortlist | sixth form | slope | sort | sort out | subordinate | Sunday school class | superordinate | upgrade | upgrade | valuate | valuation | value

Grade In Webster's Dictionary

\Grade\, n. [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) 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) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
\Grade\, n. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. The grade of hatchets fiercely thrown. On wigwam log, and tree, and stone. --Whittier.

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