grade

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɹeɪd/

Noun

grade (plural grades)

1. A rating.

   I gave him a good grade for effort.

2. (chiefly, North America) The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.

   Synonyms: mark

   He got a good grade on the test.

   This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.

3. A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.

   • There are a lot of varieties of diatomaceous earth, so when you are shopping, be sure to get the right stuff!
     
     Make sure that you get food grade diatomaceous earth. Some people make 3% of the food they eat be diatomaceous earth.

4. A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage

   The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent.

5. (North America, education) A level of primary and secondary education.

   Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year.

   Clancy starts grade five this year.

6. (Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).

   The grade fives are on a field trip.

7. An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
8. The level of the ground.

   This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade.

9. (mathematics) A gradian.
10. (geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
11. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
12. (systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
13. (medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.

Synonyms

• (taxon that is not a clade) paraphyletic group

Related terms

• gradient

Translations

• French: mention
• German: Note
• Italian: voto
• Portuguese: nota, avaliação
• Russian: оце́нка
• Spanish: puntuación

Translations

• French: note
• German: Note, Zensur
• Portuguese: nota, conceito
• Russian: оце́нка
• Spanish: nota

Translations

• German: Grad, Sorte
• Italian: voto, livello
• Portuguese: grau
• Russian: сорт

Translations

• Italian: grado di pendenza, pendenza
• Portuguese: desnível
• Russian: укло́н
• Spanish: desnivel

Translations

• French: année, classe, niveau
• German: Klasse
• Italian: classe, scuola, insegnamento, livello
• Portuguese: série
• Russian: класс

Translations

• Russian: -кла́ссник

Translations

• Spanish: nivel

Translations

• Russian: у́ровень
• Spanish: nivel

Translations

• French: grade
• Italian: grado
• Portuguese: grau
• Spanish: grado

Verb

grade (grades, present participle grading; past and past participle graded)

1. (chiefly, North America) To assign scores to the components of an academic test.
2. (chiefly, North America) To assign a score to overall academic performance.
3. To organize in grades.

   a graded reader

4. To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface.
5. (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.
6. (intransitive) To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 34:

     And there were circles even beyond these – […] humanity grading and drifting beyond the educated vision, until no earthly invitation can embrace it.

Translations

• French: noter
• Portuguese: avaliar, corrigir

Translations

• French: noter
• Portuguese: avaliar

Translations

• Portuguese: nivelar
• Russian: выравнивать

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