Dictionary

regrade en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English grade English regrade From re- + grade.

Meanings

1. The act or process of grading again.
   • There are no regrades in this class: your mark is final.

Forms

regrade en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English grade English regrade From re- + grade.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To grade again, give a new grade or grading to.
   • Two other landslips took place in a cutting where the sides were built too steeply to withstand wet weather. Engineers regraded the slope to make them shallower. 2020 April 8, “Network News: NR reopens East Grinstead line...”, in RAIL, page 16:
   • Before the new station could be built, a private overbridge had to be raised, and the railway regraded. 1951 September, “Notes and News: New Station for Glasgow Zoo”, in Railway Magazine, page 639:
2. (transitive) To regroup or reassign.
3. (US, transitive) To change the classification of (potentially secret documentation).
4. (obsolete) To retire or recede.

Forms

Deriveds

regrader