Grade

/ɡɹeɪd/

Other words from grade's letters

noun

  1. A rating.
  2. The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
  3. A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
  4. A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
  5. A level of primary and secondary education.
  6. A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
  7. An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
  8. The level of the ground.
  9. A gradian.
  10. 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. A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
  13. The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.

Synonyms: group, paraphyletic, mark

verb

  1. To assign scores to the components of an academic test.
  2. To assign a score to overall academic performance.
  3. To organize in grades.
  4. To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface.
  5. 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. To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.

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