grade
Other forms: grades; graded; grading
Grade means "to evaluate or rank," like teachers who grade their students or a food inspector who grades a crop, determining whether it is "food-grade."
Grade can be both a noun and a verb. The verb form is used when you grade something, meaning you assign it a value. The actual mark assigned is the noun version of the word grade, such as an A or B. The noun grade can be used to indicate the rank or quality of other items as well, like professional-grade cookware. Grade can also describe the slope of a mountain or road, like a steep grade that is dangerous in bad weather.
Definitions of grade
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a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality“a moderate grade of intelligence”
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caliber, calibre, quality
a degree or grade of excellence or worth
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intensity, intensiveness
high level or degree; the property of being intense
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grind
the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground
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depth
degree of psychological or intellectual profundity
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highness
a high degree (of amount or force etc.)
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high
a lofty level or position or degree
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low
a low level or position or degree
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lowness
a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.)
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extreme
the furthest or highest degree of something
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amplitude level
the level on a scale of amplitude
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moderateness, moderation
quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes
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immoderateness, immoderation
the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation
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SPF, sun protection factor
the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun
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high quality, superiority
the quality of being superior
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inferiority, low quality
an inferior quality
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force, forcefulness, strength
physical energy or intensity
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badness, severeness, severity
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
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emphasis, vehemence
intensity or forcefulness of expression
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top
the greatest possible intensity
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ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
the property of being wild or turbulent
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profoundness, profundity
intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc
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shallowness, superficiality
lack of depth of knowledge or thought or feeling
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golden mean
the middle between extremes
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reasonableness
moderation in expectations
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excess, excessiveness, inordinateness
immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
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property
a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
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a relative position or degree of value in a graded group“lumber of the highest grade”
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biosafety level
the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents; depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities
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A level
the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level)
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GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education, O level
the basic level of a subject taken in school
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college level
the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained
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biosafety level 1
exposure only to infectious agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease
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biosafety level 2
exposure to infectious agents that can cause disease in humans but whose potential for transmission is limited
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biosafety level 3
exposure to infectious agents that can be transmitted by the respiratory route and which can cause serious infection
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biosafety level 4
exposure to exotic infectious agents that pose a high risk of life-threatening disease and can be transmitted as an aerosol and for which there is no vaccine or therapy
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type of:
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rank
relative status
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a body of students who are taught together
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master class
a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert
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discussion section, section
a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately
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assemblage, gathering
a group of persons together in one place
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master class
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a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)“grade A milk”
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grade point
a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course
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centile, percentile
(statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total
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decile
(statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores
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quartile
(statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores
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type of:
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evaluation, rating, valuation
an appraisal of the value of something
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a degree of ablaut
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determine the grade of or assign a grade to
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assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
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assign a rank or rating to
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superordinate
place in a superior order or rank
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shortlist
put someone or something on a short list
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seed
distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
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reorder
assign a new order to
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subordinate
rank or order as less important or consider of less value
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prioritise, prioritize
assign a priority to
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sequence
arrange in a sequence
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downgrade
rate lower; lower in value or esteem
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upgrade
rate higher; raise in value or esteem
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invert, reverse
reverse the position, order, relation, or condition of
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countermarch
change the order of soldiers during a march
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outclass
cause to appear in a lower class
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type of:
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evaluate, judge, pass judgment
form a critical opinion of
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one-hundredth of a right angle
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synonyms:
grad
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angular unit
a unit of measurement for angles
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angular unit
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the gradient of a slope or road or other surface
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the height of the ground on which something stands“the base of the tower was below grade”
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synonyms:
ground level
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type of:
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elevation
distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)
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elevation
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level to the right gradient
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a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
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type of:
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Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen
domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age
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Bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen
Pronunciation
US
/greɪd/
UK
/greɪd/
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