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Definition of 'grade'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) grade
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity.

2.  grade
a class of persons or things of the same relative rank, quality, etc.

3.  grade
a step or stage in a course or process.

4.  grade
a single division of a school classified, usu. by year.

5.  grade
the pupils in such a division.

6.  grade
grades, elementary school (usu. prec. by the).

7.  grade
a letter, number, or other symbol indicating the relative quality of a student's work; mark.

8.  grade
a classification or standard of food based on quality, size, etc.:
grade A milk.

9.  grade
inclination with the horizontal of a road, railroad, etc.; slope.

10.  grade
the level at which the ground intersects the foundation of a building.

11.  grade
an animal resulting from a cross between a parent of ordinary stock and one of a pure breed.

12. (v.t.) grade
to arrange in a series of grades; class; sort:
a machine that grades eggs.

13.  grade
to determine the grade of.

14.  grade
to assign a grade to (a student's work); mark.

15.  grade
to cause to pass by degrees, as from one color or shade to another.

16.  grade
to reduce to a level or to practicable degrees of inclination:
to grade a road.

17.  grade
to cross (an ordinary or low-grade animal) with an animal of a pure or superior breed.

18. (v.i.) grade
to incline; slant or slope.

19.  grade
to be of a particular grade or quality.

20.  grade
to pass by degrees, as from one color or shade to another; blend.

21.  grade
at grade,

22.  grade
on the same level:
a railroad crossing a highway at grade.

23.  grade
make the grade, to attain a specific goal; succeed.

24.  grade
up to grade, of the desired or required quality.

Etymology: (1505–15; < F: office < L gradus step, stage, degree, der. of gradī to go, step, walk)

Definition of 'grade'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) class, form, grade, course
a body of students who are taught together
"early morning classes are always sleepy"

2. (noun) grade, level, tier
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
"lumber of the highest grade"

3. (noun) grade
the gradient of a slope or road or other surface
"the road had a steep grade"

4. (noun) grad, grade
one-hundredth of a right angle

5. (noun) grade, gradation
a degree of ablaut

6. (noun) mark, grade, score
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?"

7. (noun) grade, ground level
the height of the ground on which something stands
"the base of the tower was below grade"

8. (noun) degree, grade, level
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"

9. (verb) grade
a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

10. (verb) rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

11. (verb) grade
level to the right gradient

12. (verb) grade, score, mark
assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
"grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"

13. (verb) grade
determine the grade of or assign a grade to

Definition of 'grade'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) grade
a mark for a piece of work that shows how good it is
I got the best grade in the class.; a student who gets good grades

2.  grade
one of the levels in a U.S. school that students are put in according to their age
She's in 5th grade.

3.  grade
a ranking of quality or importance
low grade lumber; high grade maple syrup

4. (verb) grade
to give a grade to a student's work
to grade papers

5.  grade
to separate into groups according to grade
The fruit is graded by size.

Definition of 'grade'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) grade
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

2. (noun) grade
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

3. (noun) grade
a graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient

4. (noun) grade
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

5. (noun) grade
a harsh scraping or cutting; a grating

6. (verb) grade
to arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc

7. (verb) grade
to reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road

8. (verb) grade
to cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of

Translation of 'grade'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: one level in a scale of qualities, sizes etc several grades of sandpaper; a high-grade ore.
Afrikaans: graad	Arabic: صِنْف	Bulgarian: степен
Brazilian: categoria	Czech: stupeň (kvality)	German: der Grad
Danish: grad; klasse	Greek: βαθμίδα, βαθμός	Spanish: nivel, categoría, calidad
Estonian: liik, sort	Farsi: درجه	Finnish: laatu
French: qualité	Hebrew: דַרגָה	Hindi: आकार, गुण इत्यादि के पैमा
Croatian: stupanj, kategorija	Hungarian: fokozat	Indonesian: kualitas
Icelandic: gráða, flokkur	Italian: qualità, varietà	Japanese: 等級
Korean: 등급	Lithuanian: rūšis, kokybė, numeris	Latvian: kvalitāte; šķira
Malay: gred	Dutch: graad, soort	Norwegian: kvalitet, sort, kategori
Polish: gatunek, rodzaj	Persian: درجه	Pashto: درجه، رتبه، مرحله، نمره:
Portuguese: categoria	Romanian: categorie	Russian: сорт
Slovak: stupeň (akosti)	Slovenian: stopnja (kakovosti)	Serbian: nivo
Swedish: grad, kvalitet	Thai: ระดับ	Turkish: sınıf, derece
Taiwanese: 等級	Ukrainian: ґатунок, сорт	Urdu: حجم یا خوبییوں کا درجہ
Vietnamese: mức; loại; cấp	Chinese: 级别
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