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grade en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɡɹeɪd/
• [ɡɹæɪd] (Australia)
• [ɡɹeɪd] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• [ɡɹɛjd] (British, Southern, Standard)
• (US) audio
• [ɡɹeːd] (Canada)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian gri̇̀diju (“to go, wander”).

Meanings

1. A rating.
   • prime grade beef
   • This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.
2. (Canada, Philippines, US) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
   • 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.
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. 1986–2012, paul wheaton permaculture, “Diatomaceous Earth (food grade): bug killer you can eat!”, in richsoil.com, retrieved 17 Mar 2014:
4. 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
   • The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent.
   • The incline can be altered to any grade so as to suit the weight of the door or gate to which the butt is attached. 1847, editorial staff, “Improved Adjustable Incline Door and Gate Butt”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68:
6. (Canada, Philippines, US) A level of primary and secondary education.
   • Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year.
   • Clancy starts grade five this year.
7. (Canada) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
   • The grade fives are on a field trip.
8. An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
9. The level of the ground.
   • This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade.
10. A gradian.
11. In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
12. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
    • The whistle of the shot as it cuts the leaves / Of the maples around the church’s eaves— / And the grade of hatchets, fiercely thrown, / On wigwam-log, and tree, and stone. 1836, John Greenleaf Whittier, Mogg Megone, A Poem, →OCLC:
13. (qualifier:systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
14. The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
15. (Philippines) An eyeglass prescription.

Forms

Descendants

gredi · グレード

Synonyms

paraphyletic group (taxon that is not a clade) · mark · gradient (slope)

Translations (273)

fr mention (rating) · nb trinn (level of pre-collegiate education) · ja 学級 (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi luokka (level of pre-collegiate education) · prs صِنْف (level of pre-collegiate education) · mi kerēti (rating) · cs stupeň (degree or level of something) · arz ابتدائى (level of pre-collegiate education) · ko 등급 (degree or level of something) · sk stupeň (degree or level of something) · sq klasë (level of pre-collegiate education) · ar دَرَجَة (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · uk сту́пінь (degree or level of something) · tt сыйныф (level of pre-collegiate education) · hy գնահատական (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · vi lớp (level of pre-collegiate education) · cmn ...年級學生 /...年级学生 (student of a particular grade) · km ពិន្ទុ (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · et hinne (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · cmn 級 /级 (level of pre-collegiate education) · it voto (degree or level of something) · af graad (level of pre-collegiate education) · af graad (degree or level of something) · ru у́ровень (level of the ground) · lv atzīme (rating) · he צִיּוּן (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ja 等級 (degree or level of something) · sh ȍcena (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · tr derece (level of pre-collegiate education) · et klass (level of pre-collegiate education) · cmn 班 (level of pre-collegiate education) · cmn 成績 /成绩 (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · hu szint (degree or level of something) · uk оці́нка (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · tk synp (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi raastaminen (harsh scraping or cutting; grating) · ky класс (level of pre-collegiate education) · hy թվանշան (rating) · hu jegy (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · bg оце́нка (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · lo ຊັ້ນ (level of pre-collegiate education) · eo grado (slope of a roadway or other passage) · hi स्तर (degree or level of something) · hu fok (degree or level of something) · cmn 學級 /学级 (level of pre-collegiate education) · ru -кла́ссница (student of a particular grade) · ja 学年 (level of pre-collegiate education) · ru оце́нка (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · hu minőség (degree or level of something) · bg клас (level of pre-collegiate education) · da karakter (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · nb klasse (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi arvosana (rating) · id kelas (level of pre-collegiate education) · ru отме́тка (rating) · ug نەتىجە (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · pl nachylenie (slope of a roadway or other passage) · es nivel (level of the ground) · hy գնահատական (rating) · sw kidato (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi luiska (graded area) · tg синф (level of pre-collegiate education) · ko 급 (level of pre-collegiate education) · ru класс (level of pre-collegiate education) · ka ნიშანი (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · it livello (level of pre-collegiate education) · yue 班 (level of pre-collegiate education) · ja 成績 (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · cmn 等第 (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · is klassi (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi laatu (degree or level of something) · bg сте́пен (degree or level of something) · pt conceito (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · az dərəcə (degree or level of something) · hu emelkedő (slope of a roadway or other passage) · uz baho (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · hi ढाल (slope of a roadway or other passage) · ru сте́пень (degree or level of something) · ko 학급 (level of pre-collegiate education) · ms darjah (level of pre-collegiate education) · hi अंक (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · bg клас (degree or level of something) · fr note (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ur دَرْجَہ (level of pre-collegiate education) · it grado di pendenza (slope of a roadway or other passage) · nl cijfer (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · cmn 年級 /年级 (level of pre-collegiate education) · my အတန်း (level of pre-collegiate education) · de Grad (degree or level of something) · es grado (degree of malignity of a tumor) · cs známka (rating) · eo rango (rating) · et hinne (rating) · bg ранг (degree or level of something) · fr pente (slope of a roadway or other passage) · gu ધોરણ (level of pre-collegiate education) · sh ȍcjena (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ru сорт (degree or level of something) · yue 級 /级 (level of pre-collegiate education) · ko 점수 (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · fi aste (geometry: number of free intersection points of n generic divisors) · ar دَرَجَة (level of pre-collegiate education) · pl ocena (rating) · sh о̏цена (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ky баалоо (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · uk -кла́сник (student of a particular grade) · th ระดับ (level of pre-collegiate education) · bg ниво́ (level of the ground) · is bekkur (level of pre-collegiate education) · uk кля́са (level of pre-collegiate education) · hu lejtő (slope of a roadway or other passage) · fr grade (degree of malignity of a tumor) · ota مرتبه (degree or level of something) · lv klase (level of pre-collegiate education) · ca nota (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · uz sinf (level of pre-collegiate education) · got 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (degree or level of something) · bg беле́жка (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ru -кла́ссник (student of a particular grade) · sl ocena (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · sl razred (level of pre-collegiate education) · pt grau (degree or level of something) · hu osztály (level of pre-collegiate education) · mk оценка (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · de Zensur (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · pdt Grod (rating) · hu kategória (degree or level of something) · sw gredi (level of pre-collegiate education) · ko 년 (level of pre-collegiate education) · hi ग्रेड (level of pre-collegiate education) · my အမှတ် (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ru ранг (degree or level of something) · lou liv (level of pre-collegiate education) · ja 年 (level of pre-collegiate education) · ajp درجة (rating) · pt nota (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · kk сынып (level of pre-collegiate education) · es calificación (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · it insegnamento (level of pre-collegiate education) · it pendenza (slope of a roadway or other passage) · es desnivel (slope of a roadway or other passage) · prs دَرَجَه (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi -luokkalainen (student of a particular grade) · sv betyg (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ru балл (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · es puntuación (rating) · kk класс (level of pre-collegiate education) · be адзна́ка (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · be бал (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · it grado (degree of malignity of a tumor) · ro notă (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · kk баға (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · tr not (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · fa-ira صِنْف (level of pre-collegiate education) · bg оце́нка (rating) · vi cấp (level of pre-collegiate education) · hu besorolás (degree or level of something) · lv atzīme (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · pl klasa (level of pre-collegiate education) · mk класа (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi arvio (rating) · fi arvosana (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · bg накло́н (slope of a roadway or other passage) · mt klassi (level of pre-collegiate education) · hu osztályzat (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · nl punt (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · uk ранг (degree or level of something) · fi maanpinta (level of the ground) · ru укло́н (slope of a roadway or other passage) · hi श्रेणी (level of pre-collegiate education) · cs známka (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · pl stopień (rating) · pl stopień (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · it scuola (level of pre-collegiate education) · is einkunn (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · be кля́са (level of pre-collegiate education) · sk známka (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · cs třída (level of pre-collegiate education) · ms gred (rating) · be ацэ́нка (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · tk baha (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · az sinif (level of pre-collegiate education) · hy թվանշան (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · km ថ្នាក់ (level of pre-collegiate education) · es grado (level of pre-collegiate education) · ar دَرَجَة (rating) · tg баҳо (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · az qiymət (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · yue 成績 /成绩 (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · de Note (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · th ชั้น (level of pre-collegiate education) · uk -кла́сниця (student of a particular grade) · ko 학년 (level of pre-collegiate education) · ko 성적 (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · smn árvusääni (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · lt klasė (level of pre-collegiate education) · ms tahun (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi vuosiluokka (level of pre-collegiate education) · fa-ira نُمْرِه (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · hi दर्जा (level of pre-collegiate education) · mn анги (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi luokka (rating) · sk trieda (level of pre-collegiate education) · se árvosátni (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · pl klasa (degree or level of something) · fr classe (level of pre-collegiate education) · ja 点数 (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · es nivel (graded area) · fr année (level of pre-collegiate education) · ru отме́тка (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · it livello (degree or level of something) · tg дараҷа (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi aste (degree of malignity of a tumor) · pt série (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi taso (degree or level of something) · sq notë (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · nl klasse (level of pre-collegiate education) · lo ຄະແນນ (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ms tingkatan (level of pre-collegiate education) · ug سىنىپ (level of pre-collegiate education) · nn karakter (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · yue 年級 /年级 (level of pre-collegiate education) · sh кла̀са (level of pre-collegiate education) · be клас (level of pre-collegiate education) · uk клас (level of pre-collegiate education) · ro clasă (level of pre-collegiate education) · da klasse (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi parafyleettinen ryhmä (taxon that is not a clade) · de Note (rating) · sh klàsa (level of pre-collegiate education) · cmn 等級 /等级 (degree or level of something) · fa-ira دَرَجِه (level of pre-collegiate education) · ru оце́нка (rating) · ru ступе́нь (degree or level of something) · ps نومره (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ota پایه (degree or level of something) · az qiymət (rating) · fr niveau (level of pre-collegiate education) · th คะแนน (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · de Sorte (degree or level of something) · hi ग्रेड (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · de Klasse (level of pre-collegiate education) · pl ocena (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · hu fokozat (degree or level of something) · pt desnível (slope of a roadway or other passage) · be ацэ́нка (rating) · sh о̏цјена (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ca qualificació (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · hu értékelés (rating) · ps درجه (level of pre-collegiate education) · pt nota (rating) · hu osztályos (student of a particular grade) · uk бал (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · tl halgambilang (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · it classe (level of pre-collegiate education) · es nota (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ka კლასი (level of pre-collegiate education) · fi jyrkkyys (slope of a roadway or other passage) · it voto (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · el βαθμός (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · ja 級 (level of pre-collegiate education) · sms ärvvsääʹnn (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · vi điểm (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · pt avaliação (rating) · sv klass (level of pre-collegiate education) · tl halgambilang (rating) · hu minősítés (rating) · uk відмі́тка (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · lt pažymys (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · it voto (rating) · pt grau (degree of malignity of a tumor) · nb karakter (performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol) · uk оці́нка (rating)

wikidata: Q18185 · wikidata: Q208528 · wikidata: Q275447

grade en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ɡɹeɪd/
• [ɡɹæɪd] (Australia)
• [ɡɹeɪd] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
• [ɡɹɛjd] (British, Southern, Standard)
• (US) audio
• [ɡɹeːd] (Canada)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian gri̇̀diju (“to go, wander”).

Meanings

1. (Canada, US) To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.
2. To organize in grades.
   • a graded reader
3. To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.
   • to grade land before building on it
   • The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock. 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 129:
4. 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.
5. To increase or decrease the dimensions of a garment pattern from the initial base size in such a way that the overall proportions of the silhouette are maintained across all sizes.
6. To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process).
   • Brain scans were graded on a five-point scale of atrophy.
7. To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
   • Similarly to the Hungarian adjectives graded with the suffix -ik, in place of naj, najto, or, in agreement with the noun, -najte, -najta, -najto forms occur, e.g., najtolepsi or najtelepsi, najtelepsa, najtelepse 'most beautiful'. 2020, Prekmurje Slovene Grammar: Avgust Pavel’s Vend nyelvtan (1942), BRILL, →ISBN, page 82:
   • He has rightly observed that while -ísimo superlatives are typically prenominal, adjectives graded with the intensifier muy "very" are characteristically postnominal. 1999, Jon Franco, Alazne Landa, Juan Martín, Grammatical Analyses in Basque and Romance Linguistics: Papers in Honor of Mario Saltarelli, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 65:
   • Adjectives graded for comparative and superlative degree can function both attributively and predicatively. Most descriptive adjectives are gradable: As modifiers of a noun Have you got a larger size? […] 2014, Angela Downing, English Grammar: A University Course, Routledge, →ISBN, page 430:
8. (intransitive) To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
   • And there were circles even beyond these – […] humanity grading and drifting beyond the educated vision, until no earthly invitation can embrace it. 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 34:
9. (Canada, dated, intransitive) To pass from one school grade into the next.
   • I graded out of grade two and three and arrived in Miss Hanson's room.

Forms

Deriveds

pharmaceutical grade · e-grade · 5th grade · industrial-grade · grade line · lengthened grade · gradable · grade twelve · fifth grade · monograde · 9th grade · grade 7 · grade-A · grade 10 · second grade · grade point average · food-grade · grade one · twelfth grade · weapons-grade · full-grade · outgrade · decigrade · grade 12 · upgrade · passing grade · grade sixer · tenth grade · grade six · grade 2 · grade ten · rear admiral junior grade · downgrade · o-grade · gradee · grader · cross-grade · quadrigrade · vanishing grade · helper grade · grade five · 0th grade · grade three · grade school · grade cricket · beyond one's pay grade · grade nine · aggrade · grade four · regrade · grade 9 · grade eight · top-grade · grade eleven · seventh grade · grade-grub · zero grade · consumer-grade · grade thirteen · slab on grade · grade 11 · grade 4 · make the grade · 2nd grade · meibograde · grade 6 · gradewide · C-grade · grade seven · low-grade · gradient · pay grade · high-grade · gradability · gradeless · low-grade fever · 7th grade · field grade · first grade · intergrade · subgrade · 8th grade · A-grade · midgrade · multigrade · thirteenth grade · sushi grade · milligrade · at grade · grade 5 · zeroth grade · ninth grade · grade thirteener · eleventh grade · 10th grade · overgrade · 6th grade · 3rd grade · grade zero · grade-taking · 1st grade · grade 3 · grade point · letter grade · grade system · grade 13 · low grade · reserve grade · gradebook · grade inflation · weapons-grade uranium · paygrade · centigrade · grade crossing · at-grade · orthograde · ruling grade · zero-grade · grade 1 · misgrade · eighth grade · sashimi grade · age grade · bigrade · 12th grade · lieutenant junior grade · third grade · grade 8 · military grade · grade on a curve · 13th grade · undergrade · 4th grade · sixth grade · disgrade · fourth grade · grade two · grade grubbing · grade-separated · 11th grade · grade 0 · grade grubber

Translations (24)

pt nivelar (to flatten a large surface) · bg изравнявам (to flatten a large surface) · fr noter (to assign scores) · hu értékel (to assign scores) · hu válogat (to organize in grades) · ru выравнивать (to flatten a large surface) · fi arvostella (to assign scores) · pt avaliar (to assign scores) · ro nivela (to flatten a large surface) · bg оценявам (to assign scores) · de benoten (to assign scores) · mi māwhiti (to organize in grades) · fi tasoittaa (to flatten a large surface) · hu szétválogat (to organize in grades) · fi huolitella (to trim seam allowance) · hu osztályoz (to organize in grades) · pt corrigir (to assign scores) · fi lajitella (to organize in grades) · hu osztályoz (to assign scores) · es calificar (to assign scores) · mi māhiti (to organize in grades) · mhr аклаш (to assign scores) · hu elegyenget (to flatten a large surface) · fi luokitella (to organize in grades)