Grade

/ɡɹeɪd/ · noun

Meaning

A rating..

Definitions by Sense

1. A rating.
2. (chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), 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. (linguistics) Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
5. A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
6. (Canada, US, Philippines, education) A level of primary and secondary education.
7. (Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
8. An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).

Example Sentences

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

He got a good grade on the test.

I gave him a good grade for effort.

You need a grade of at least 80% in first-year calculus to be admitted to the CS major program.

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.

The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent.

Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year.

Clancy starts grade five this year.

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Word Forms

• grades
• grading
• graded

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