'Grade' definitions:
Definition of 'grade'
(from WordNet)
noun
A body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form, grade, course]
noun
A relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade" [syn: grade, level, tier]
noun
The gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"
noun
One-hundredth of a right angle [syn: grad, grade]
noun
A degree of ablaut [syn: grade, gradation]
noun
A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?" [syn: mark, grade, score]
noun
The height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade" [syn: grade, ground level]
noun
A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: degree, grade, level]
noun
A variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
verb
Assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" [syn: rate, rank, range, order, grade, place]
verb
Level to the right gradient
verb
Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn: grade, score, mark]
verb
Determine the grade of or assign a grade to
Definition of 'Grade'
From: GCIDE
- Grade \Grade\ (gr[=a]d), n. [F. grade, L. gradus step, pace, grade, from gradi to step, go. Cf. Congress, Degree, Gradus.]
- 1. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. [1913 Webster]
- They also appointed and removed, at their own pleasure, teachers of every grade. --Buckle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. In a railroad or highway: (a) The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264. (b) A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Stock Breeding) The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade. [1913 Webster]
- At grade, on the same level; -- said of the crossing of a railroad with another railroad or a highway, when they are on the same level at the point of crossing.
- Down grade, a descent, as on a graded railroad.
- Up grade, an ascent, as on a graded railroad.
- Equating for grades. See under Equate.
- Grade crossing, a crossing at grade. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Grade'
From: GCIDE
- Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Graded; p. pr. & vb. n. Grading.]
- 1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'grade'
From: GCIDE
- improved \improved\ adj.
- 1. advanced to a more desirable or valuable or excellent state. Opposite of unimproved. [Narrower terms: {built, reinforced}; {cleared, tilled ; developed; {grade ; {graded, graveled ] Also See: restored. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. changed for the better; as, her improved behavior.
- Syn: amended. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'grade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acclivity,
- adjust,
- align,
- alphabetize,
- amount,
- analyze,
- arrange,
- array,
- ascend,
- ascent,
- assort,
- bank,
- bevel,
- bezel,
- blood,
- bolt,
- bracket,
- branch,
- break down,
- bulk,
- caliber,
- calibrate,
- calibrated,
- cant,
- careen,
- caste,
- catalog,
- categorize,
- category,
- chute,
- clan,
- class,
- classify,
- climb,
- codify,
- collate,
- compass,
- condition,
- cool off,
- correct,
- cut,
- cut it,
- dab,
- decline,
- declivity,
- decrease,
- degree,
- deploy,
- descend,
- descent,
- differentiate,
- digest,
- dip,
- dispose,
- divide,
- division,
- downgrade,
- drag,
- dress,
- drop,
- dub,
- easy slope,
- echelon,
- enlarge,
- equalize,
- estate,
- evaluate,
- even,
- extent,
- fall,
- fall away,
- fall off,
- fell,
- file,
- flatten,
- fleam,
- flush,
- form,
- gauge,
- gentle slope,
- glacis,
- go downhill,
- go uphill,
- gradate,
- gradation,
- gradational,
- gradient,
- gradual,
- graduate,
- graduated,
- grease,
- group,
- grouping,
- hack it,
- hanging gardens,
- harmonize,
- harrow,
- head,
- heading,
- height,
- helicline,
- hierarchic,
- hierarchize,
- hill,
- hillside,
- inclination,
- incline,
- inclined plane,
- increase,
- index,
- interval,
- keel,
- kin,
- label,
- launching ramp,
- lay,
- lay down,
- lay flat,
- lay level,
- lay low,
- lay out,
- league,
- lean,
- leaning,
- leap,
- level,
- line up,
- list,
- lubricate,
- make it,
- make the grade,
- mark,
- marshal,
- match,
- measure,
- measure up,
- methodize,
- mow,
- normalize,
- notch,
- nuance,
- oil,
- order,
- organize,
- pacify,
- pas,
- pass,
- peg,
- period,
- pigeonhole,
- pitch,
- place,
- plane,
- planish,
- plaster,
- plateau,
- point,
- position,
- predicament,
- progressive,
- proportion,
- qualify,
- quiet,
- race,
- rake,
- ramp,
- range,
- rank,
- rase,
- rate,
- rating,
- ratio,
- raze,
- reach,
- regular,
- regularize,
- regulate,
- remove,
- retreat,
- riddle,
- rise,
- roll,
- roll flat,
- round,
- routinize,
- rubric,
- rung,
- scalar,
- scale,
- scarp,
- scope,
- score,
- screen,
- section,
- separate,
- sept,
- set,
- set up,
- shade,
- shade off,
- shadow,
- shave,
- shelve,
- shelving beach,
- side,
- sidle,
- sieve,
- sift,
- situation,
- size,
- slant,
- slope,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth out,
- smoothen,
- sort,
- sort out,
- space,
- stage,
- stair,
- standard,
- standardize,
- standing,
- state,
- station,
- status,
- steamroll,
- steamroller,
- steep slope,
- step,
- stiff climb,
- stint,
- strain,
- stratum,
- structure,
- subdivide,
- subdivision,
- subgroup,
- suborder,
- subordinate,
- succeed,
- swag,
- sway,
- systematize,
- tabulate,
- talus,
- tier,
- tilt,
- tip,
- title,
- track,
- tranquilize,
- tread,
- type,
- upgrade,
- uprise,
- year
Words containing 'Grade'
- At grade,
- Down grade,
- Graded,
- Gradely,
- Grading,
- Up grade,
- Equating for grades,
- Grade crossing,
- grade insignia,
- grade point,
- grade school,
- grade separation,
- graded graveled,
- low grade,
- make the grade,
- technical grade,
- commercial-grade,
- grade point average,
- grade-appropriate,
- grade-constructed,
- high-grade,
- junior-grade,
- lieutenant junior grade,
- low-grade,
- technical-grade,
- top-grade,
- utility-grade,
- weapons-grade,
- field-grade officer,
- weapon-grade plutonium