grade

1 a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy" [syn: class, form]

2 a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade" [syn: level, tier]

3 the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"

4 one-hundredth of a right angle [syn: grad]

5 a degree of ablaut [syn: gradation]

6 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, score]

7 the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade" [syn: ground level]

8 a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree" [syn: degree, level]

9 a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

1 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, place]

2 level to the right gradient

3 assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" [syn: score, mark]

4 determine the grade of or assign a grade to

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

1. A rating.

   I gave him a good grade for effort.

2. A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.

   This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.

3. A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage

   The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent

4. A level of pre-collegiate education

   Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year.

5. An area that has been graded by a grader (construction machine)
6. The level of the ground.

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

Translations

Verb

1. To score an academic test.
2. To assign a score to overall academic performance.
3. To flatten and even out or smooth a large surface.

Related terms

• grader
• gradient
• grade school
• grade system

External links

• Wikipedia disambiguation page for Grade

Grade may refer to:

In education

• Grade (education), a teacher's evaluation of a student's performance

• Grade level, the numbering of the year a student has reached in school.

In civil engineering

• Grade (slope), the pitch of a slope such as a hill, road or railway

• Grading, the preparation and levelling of land for construction, especially of roads and railways
• Grade separation, aligning a junction of two or more transport axes at different heights to facilitate traffic flow.

In pure mathematics

• Graded vector space, a vector space with an extra piece of structure
• Graded algebra, an algebra over a field (or ring) with an extra piece of structure

In measurement and quality assessment and control

• Grade (angle), a unit for the measurement of plane angle's
• Ore grade, a measure that describes the concentration of a valuable natural material in the surrounding ore
• Grades, the property class of nuts and bolts in terms of size and strength
• Cetane rating, a measure of diesel fuel's combustion quality
• Octane rating, the measure of the autoignition resistance of gasoline (petrol) and other fuels used in spark-ignition internal combustion engines
• Grading (tumors), a measure of the aggressiveness of a tumor in medicine
• Grade (climbing), a climber's assessment of the difficulty and danger of climbing a hill
• Grade (bouldering), a climber's assessment of the difficulty and danger of climbing a route which are distinct from those used in regular climbing
• Grade (rivers), a standardized scale used to rate the safety of a stretch of river, or a single rapid.
• Grade of service, the quality of voice service in telecommunications
• Coin grading, the process of determining the grade or condition of a coin, the key factor in its value
• Color grading, the process of altering and enhancing the color of a motion picture or television image
• Pattern grading, the scaling of a pattern to a different size in the clothing or footwear industry

In the sense of rank or status

• Grade, an approximate equivalent of military rank in the Civil Air Patrol

People

• Leslie Grade theatrical agent
• Lew Grade impresario
• Michael Grade UK television executive

Other uses

• Grade (band), a punk rock band
• Evolutionary grade, a paraphyletic group of organisms

See also

• Rating
• Gradient

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