Grade Definition

grād
graded, grades, grading
noun
grades
Any of the stages in an orderly, systematic progression; step; degree.
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A degree or rating in a scale classifying according to quality, rank, worth, intensity, etc.
Grade A eggs, weapons-grade plutonium.
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An accepted standard or level.
Up to grade.
Webster's New World
A set of persons or things all falling in the same specified limits; a class.
American Heritage
A group of people of the same rank, merit, worth, etc.
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verb
graded, grades, grading
To arrange or classify by grades; rate according to quality, rank, worth, etc.; sort.
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To assume an indicated rank or position in a series; be of a certain grade.
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To determine the quality of (academic work, for example); evaluate.
Graded the book reports.
American Heritage

To give a grade to.

Webster's New World
To gradate.
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affix
Walking or moving (in a specified manner)
Plantigrade.
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idiom
at grade
  • on the same level
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make the grade
  • to get to the top of a steep incline
  • to overcome obstacles and succeed
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the grades
  • elementary school
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Other Word Forms of Grade

Noun

Singular:
grade
Plural:
grades

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Grade

Origin of Grade

  • From French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, a step in a ladder or stair, a station, position, degree”), from gradi (“to walk, step”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Cognate with Gothic (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian grìdiju (“to go, wander”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French from Latin gradus ghredh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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