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Definitions for Grading

[1] 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. In the U.S., public schools are commonly divided into twelve grades below college.
[5] the pupils in such a division.
[6] grades, elementary school (usually preceded by the ): He first began teaching in the grades.
[7] a letter, number, or other symbol indicating the relative quality of a student's work in a course, examination, or special assignment; mark.
[8] a classification or standard of food based on quality, size, etc.: grade A milk.
[9] inclination with the horizontal of a road, railroad, etc., usually expressed by stating the vertical rise or fall as a percentage of the horizontal distance; slope.
[10] Building Trades . Also called grade line. the level at which the ground intersects the foundation of a building.
[11] an animal resulting from a cross between a parent of ordinary stock and one of a pure breed.
[12] Mathematics . grad2.
[13] to arrange in a series of grades; class; sort: a machine that grades two thousand eggs per hour.
[14] to determine the grade of.
[15] to assign a grade to (a student's work); mark: I graded forty tests last night.
[16] to cause to pass by degrees, as from one color or shade to another.
[17] to reduce to a level or to practicable degrees of inclination: to grade a road.
[18] to cross (an ordinary or low-grade animal) with an animal of a pure or superior breed.
[19] to incline; slant or slope: The road grades steeply for a mile.
[20] to be of a particular grade or quality.
[21] to pass by degrees from one color or shade to another; blend: See how the various colors grade into one another.
[22] grade up , to improve (a herd, flock, etc.) by breeding with purebreds.
[23] at grade , on the same level: A railroad crosses a highway at grade. (of a stream bed) so adjusted to conditions of slope and the volume and speed of water that no gain or loss of sediment takes place.
[24] make the grade , to attain a specific goal; succeed: He'll never make the grade in medical school.
[25] up to grade , of the desired or required quality: This shipment is not up to grade.
[26] a position or degree in a scale, as of quality, rank, size, or progression small-grade eggs ; high-grade timber
[27] a group of people or things of the same category
[28] mainly US a military or other rank
[29] a stage in a course of progression
[30] a mark or rating indicating achievement or the worth of work done, as at school
[31] US and Canadian a unit of pupils of similar age or ability taught together at school
[32] US and Canadian a part of a railway, road, etc, that slopes upwards or downwards; inclination Also called: gradient a measure of such a slope, esp the ratio of the vertical distance between two points on the slope to the horizontal distance between them
[33] a unit of angle equal to one hundredth of a right angle or 0.9 degree
[34] stockbreeding an animal with one purebred parent and one of unknown or unimproved breeding (as modifier ) a grade sheep Compare crossbred (def. 2), purebred (def. 2)
[35] linguistics one of the forms of the vowel in a morpheme when this vowel varies because of gradation
[36] at grade on the same level (of a river profile or land surface) at an equilibrium level and slope, because there is a balance between erosion and deposition
[37] make the grade informal to reach the required standard to succeed
[38] (tr) to arrange according to quality, rank, etc
[39] (tr) to determine the grade of or assign a grade to
[40] (intr) to achieve or deserve a grade or rank
[41] to change or blend (something) gradually; merge
[42] (tr) to level (ground, a road, etc) to a suitable gradient
[43] (tr) stockbreeding to cross (one animal) with another to produce a grade animal

Words related to Grading

gradeclassify, sort, group, brand, range, value, order, rate, assort, class, arrange

Words nearby Grading

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Origin of Grading

e1505–15; < French: office < Latin gradus step, stage, degree, derivative of gradī to go, step, walk

Other words from Grading

mis·grade , verb, mis·grad·ed, mis·grad·ing.
mis·grad·ed , adjective
mul·ti·grade , adjective
o·ver·grade , verb (used with object), o·ver·grad·ed, o·ver·grad·ing.
pre·grade , verb (used with object), pre·grad·ed, pre·grad·ing, noun
re·grade , verb (used with object), re·grad·ed, re·grad·ing.
un·grad·ed , adjective
well-grad·ed , adjective

Word origin for Grading

eC16: from French, from Latin gradus step, from gradī to step

Synonyms for Grading

classify, arrange, assort, brand, class, group, order, range, rate, sort, value