26984 words

grades

17 definitions • 27 examples
1
a level of quality, size, importance, etc.:

Examples:

low-grade He's suffering from some kind of low-grade (= slight) infection, which he can't seem to get rid of.
high-grade There's some really high-grade (= high quality) musicianship on this recording.
on a grade Bill has been on the same grade (= his job has been of the same level of importance, or he has had the same level of pay) for several years now.
2
a number or letter that shows how good someone's work or performance is:

Examples:

Steve never studies, but he always gets good grades.
UK Carla got a grade A in German.
3
a school class or group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age or ability:

Examples:

Jackie is in the sixth grade.
4
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Examples:

steep grade The next hill has a really steep grade.
5
to separate people or things into different levels of quality, size, importance, etc.:

Examples:

be graded by The fruit is washed and then graded by size.
The books are graded according to the difficulty of the language.
6
to give a score to a student's piece of work:

Examples:

to grade work/papers
7
a measure of the quality of a student’s performance, usually represented by the letters A (the best) through F (the worst):

Examples:

She always gets good grades.
8
A grade is also a measure or mark of quality, amount, or degree:

Examples:

high-grade musicianship
He’s suffering from a low-grade infection.
9
a school class or group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age or ability:

Examples:

James is in the seventh grade this year.
10
the degree of slope of land or of a road or path:

Examples:

In hilly San Francisco, many streets have a steep grade.
11
to judge and give a mark to a student, exam, etc.:

Examples:

The essays were graded on clarity of expression.
12
To grade is also to separate things according to quality or size:

Examples:

13
a letter or combination of letters used by ratings agencies to show how certain they are that a loan will be paid back by the person or organization that borrowed the money:

Examples:

Bonds which are rated A are considered as upper-medium grade obligations.
14
one of the levels of quality given to a particular product or substance :

Examples:

high/low grade Technicians carefully loaded new fuel rods of high grade uranium into the cooling water.
aircraft/human/weapons, etc. grade The scooters are made from aircraft grade aluminium alloy and weigh just 2.76kg.
16
to be as good as expected or as good as is necessary:

Examples:

Many of the online shops simply failed to make the grade.
17
to judge the quality of a product, substance, or organization, or the performance of an employee:

Examples:

The fibre is graded and packed into bales for transport to factories for spinning, dying, and milling.
be graded on sth He said that principals and superintendents would be graded on leadership and school performance.
be graded for sth Inside the world's largest covered building, the flowers are graded for quality and catalogued by computer.

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