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grade  (grd)
n.
1. A stage or degree in a process.
2. A position in a scale of size, quality, or intensity: a poor grade of lumber.
3. An accepted level or standard.
4. A set of persons or things all falling in the same specified limits; a class.
5.
a. A level of academic development in an elementary, middle, or secondary school: learned fractions in the fourth grade.
b. A group of students at such a level: The third grade has recess at 10:30.
c. grades Elementary school.
6. A number, letter, or symbol indicating a students level of accomplishment: a passing grade in history.
7. A military, naval, or civil service rank.
8. The degree of inclination of a slope, road, or other surface: the steep grade of the mountain road.
9. A slope or gradual inclination, especially of a road or railroad track: slowed the truck when he approached the grade.
10. The level at which the ground surface meets the foundation of a building.
11. A domestic animal produced by crossbreeding one of purebred stock with one of ordinary stock.
12. Linguistics A degree of ablaut.
v. grad·ed, grad·ing, grades
v.tr.
1. To arrange in steps or degrees.
2. To arrange in a series or according to a scale.
3.
a. To determine the quality of (academic work, for example); evaluate: graded the book reports.
b. To give a grade to (a student, for example).
4. To level or smooth to a desired or horizontal gradient: bulldozers graded the road.
5. To gradate.
6. To improve the quality of (livestock) by crossbreeding with purebred stock.
v.intr.
1. To hold a certain rank or position.
2. To change or progress gradually: piles of gravel that grade from coarse to fine.
[French, from Latin gradus; see ghredh- in Indo-European roots.]
grada·ble adj.
grade [greɪd]
n
1. a position or degree in a scale, as of quality, rank, size, or progression small-grade eggs high-grade timber
2. a group of people or things of the same category
3. Chiefly US a military or other rank
4. a stage in a course of progression
5. (Social Science / Education) a mark or rating indicating achievement or the worth of work done, as at school
6. (Social Science / Education) US and Canadian a unit of pupils of similar age or ability taught together at school
7. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) another word (esp US and Canadian) for gradient [1] [2]
8. (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) a unit of angle equal to one hundredth of a right angle or 0.9 degree
9. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) Stockbreeding
a.  an animal with one purebred parent and one of unknown or unimproved breeding
b.  (as modifier) a grade sheep Compare crossbred [2] purebred [2]
10. (Linguistics) Linguistics one of the forms of the vowel in a morpheme when this vowel varies because of gradation
at grade
a.  on the same level
b.  (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (of a river profile or land surface) at an equilibrium level and slope, because there is a balance between erosion and deposition
make the grade Informal
a.  to reach the required standard
b.  to succeed
vb
1. (tr) to arrange according to quality, rank, etc.
2. (Social Science / Education) (tr) to determine the grade of or assign a grade to
3. (intr) to achieve or deserve a grade or rank
4. to change or blend (something) gradually; merge
5. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) (tr) to level (ground, a road, etc.) to a suitable gradient
6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) (tr) Stockbreeding to cross (one animal) with another to produce a grade animal
[from French, from Latin gradus step, from gradī to step]
grade  (grd)
1. The degree of inclination of a slope, road, or other surface.
2. A grouping of organisms done purely on the basis of shared features and without regard to evolutionary relationships. Grades may include organisms that do not share a common ancestor, or may exclude some organisms having the same common ancestor as the other organisms in the grade. For this reason, many taxonomists do not accept grades as formal classifications. The class Reptilia (reptiles) is a grade since it includes dinosaurs but not birds, even though birds are descended from dinosaurs. Compare clade.


grade  /gred/  n. 1 an educational class level: Her son goes into the 7th (1st, 12th, etc.) grade this year. 2 an academic mark, score: He makes good grades in school. 3 a level of quality: That store sells an excellent grade of fruits and vegetables. 4 a degree of incline or decline as in a road: The road goes up a steep grade from the valley to the mountaintop. 5 to make the grade: to achieve proficiency, prove oneself, succeed: She has made the grade as a professional singer.
v. [T] graded, grading, grades 1 to score, mark: The teacher grades tests every week. 2 to separate into groups according to quality or size: The chicken farmer grades eggs by color and size. grade
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