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   Grade

   /ɡrād/

   

   noun

   • 1. a particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, intensity, or value: "sea salt is usually available in coarse or fine grades" Similar ranklevelechelonstandingstationpositionplacingclassstatusorderstagesteprungrung on the laddernotchstratumtierdegree of proficiencydegree of qualitydegree of merit
   • ▪ a level in a salary or employment structure: "clerical and secretarial grades" Similar categoryclassclassificationgroupinggroupsetsectionbracketdivisiontypebrand
   • ▪ (in historical linguistics) one in a series of related root forms exhibiting ablaut.
   • ▪ a group of animals at a similar evolutionary level.
   • 2. a mark indicating the quality of a student's work: North American "I got good grades last semester" Similar markscoregradingassessmentevaluationappraisal
   • ▪ (with specifying ordinal number) those students in a school or school system who are grouped by age or ability for teaching at a particular level for a year: "she teaches first grade" Similar classformstudy groupschool groupsetstreambandyear
   • ▪ an examination, especially in music: British "I took grade five and got a distinction"
   • 3. a gradient or slope: North American "just over the crest of a long seven percent grade" Similar slopegradientinclineacclivitydeclivitytiltanglehillrisebankramp
   • 4. a variety of cattle produced by crossing with a superior breed: "grade stock"

   verb

   • 1. arrange in or allocate to grades; class or sort: "they are graded according to thickness" Similar classifyclasscategorizebracketsortgrouporderarrangetypepigeonholebrandsizerankevaluateratevaluerangegraduatecalibrate
   • 2. give a mark to (a student or a piece of work). North American Similar assessmarkscorejudgeevaluateappraise
   • 3. pass gradually from one level, especially a shade of color, into another: "the sky graded from blue to white on the horizon" Similar passshadechangemergeblendtransmuteturn
   • 4. reduce (a road) to an easy gradient.
   • 5. cross (livestock) with a superior breed.

   Word Origin early 16th century: from French, or from Latin gradus ‘step’. Originally used as a unit of measurement of angles (a degree of arc), the term later referred to degrees of merit or quality.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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