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   grade

   /ɡreɪd/

   noun

   • 1. a particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value: "sea salt is usually available in coarse or fine grades" Similar ranklevelechelonstandingstationpositionplacingclassstatusorderstagesteprungrung on the laddernotchstratumtierdegree of proficiencydegree of qualitydegree of merit
   • ▪ a level in a salary or employment structure: "clerical and secretarial grades" Similar categoryclassclassificationgroupinggroupsetsectionbracketdivisiontypebrand
   • ▪ a level of importance allocated to a listed building: British "a Grade I listed building"
   • ▪ (in historical linguistics) a relative position in a series of forms involving ablaut.
   • ▪ a group of animals at a similar evolutionary level.
   • 2. a mark indicating the quality of a student's work: North American "I got good grades last semester" Similar markscoregradingassessmentevaluationappraisal
   • ▪ (with specifying ordinal number) those pupils in a school or school system who are grouped by age or ability for teaching at a particular level for a year: "she teaches first grade" Similar classformstudy groupschool groupsetstreambandyear
   • ▪ an examination, especially in music: British "I took grade five and got a distinction"
   • 3. a gradient or slope: North American "just over the crest of a long seven per cent grade" Similar slopegradientinclineacclivitydeclivitytiltanglehillrisebankramp
   • 4. a variety of cattle produced by crossing with a superior breed: "grade stock"

   verb

   • 1. arrange in or allocate to grades; classify or sort: "the timber is graded according to its thickness" Similar classifyclasscategorizebracketsortgrouporderarrangetypepigeonholebrandsizerankevaluateratevaluerangegraduatecalibrate
   • 2. give a mark to (a student or a piece of work). North American Similar assessmarkscorejudgeevaluateappraise
   • 3. pass gradually from one level, especially a shade of colour, into another: "the sky graded from blue at the top of the shot to white on the horizon" Similar passshadechangemergeblendtransmuteturn
   • 4. reduce (a road) to an easy gradient.
   • 5. cross (livestock) with a superior breed.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from French, or from Latin gradus ‘step’. Originally used as a unit of measurement of angles (a degree of arc), the term later referred to degrees of merit or quality.

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   What does grade mean?

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   What does poor grade mean?

   • n. 1. A stage or degree in a process. 2. A position in a scale of size, quality, or intensity: a poor grade of lumber. 3. An accepted level or standard. 4. A set of persons or things all falling in the same specified limits; a class. 5. a.

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   What does it mean if a product is graded?

   • If something is graded, its quality is judged, and it is often given a number or a name that indicates how good or bad it is. South Point College does not grade the students' work. [VERB noun] ...a three-tier grading system. [VERB -ing] The grade of a product is its quality, especially when this has been officially judged.

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   What is a grade in a company?

   • Your grade in a company or organization is your level of importance or your rank. Staff turnover is particularly high among junior grades. In the United States, a grade is a group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age. When you are six years old you go into the first grade and you leave school after the twelfth grade.

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   What does grade mean in biology?

   • The degree of inclination of a slope, road, or other surface. A grouping of organisms done purely on the basis of shared features and without regard to evolutionary relationships. Grades may include organisms that do not share a common ancestor, or may exclude some organisms having the same common ancestor as the other organisms in the grade.

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   How are the books graded?

   • The books are graded according to the difficulty of the language. She always gets good grades. He’s suffering from a low-grade infection. James is in the seventh grade this year. In hilly San Francisco, many streets have a steep grade. The essays were graded on clarity of expression. Eggs are usually graded by size.

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     a school class or group of classes in which all the children...

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     GRADE translate: nivel, calidad, nota, curso, clasificar,...

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     GRADE translate: 成績の評価。数字やアルファベットで表される, 品質・サイズ・重要度などのレベル,...

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   a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity. the best grade of paper. 2. a class of persons or things of the same relative rank, quality, etc. 3. a step or stage in a course or process. 4. a single division of a school classified according to the age or progress of the pupils.

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   The meaning of GRADE is a level of study in an elementary, middle, or secondary school that is completed by a student during one year. How to use grade in a sentence.

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   1. A stage or degree in a process. 2. A position in a scale of size, quality, or intensity: a poor grade of lumber. 3. An accepted level or standard. 4. A set of persons or things all falling in the same specified limits; a class. 5. a.

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   a school class or group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age or ability: Jackie is in the sixth grade. More examples. She starts in the third grade this September. Students take standardized tests in the fourth and sixth grades. They were in the same grade at school.