Meaning of grade | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Grade, score.
2. A rating.
3. Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
   Canada, Philippines, US
4. A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
5. Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
6. A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
7. A level of primary and secondary education.
   Canada, Philippines, US
8. A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
   Canada
9. An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
10. The level of the ground.
11. A gradian.
12. In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
13. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
14. A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
15. The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
16. An eyeglass prescription.
    Philippines

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“The grade fives are on a field trip.”

“This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade.”

“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.”

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