grade

Nouns

  • (n) a body of students who are taught together
    • early morning classes are always sleepy
    class, course, form,
  • (n) a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
    • lumber of the highest grade
    tier, level,
  • (n) the gradient of a slope or road or other surface
    • the road had a steep grade
  • (n) one-hundredth of a right angle grad,
  • (n) a degree of ablaut gradation,
  • (n) 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?
    mark, score,
  • (n) the height of the ground on which something stands
    • the base of the tower was below grade
    ground level,
  • (n) 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
    degree, level,
  • (n) a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

Verbs

  • (v) assign a rank or rating to
    • how would you rank these students?
    • The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
    rate, rank, place, range, order,
  • (v) level to the right gradient
  • (v) assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
    • grade tests
    • score the SAT essays
    • mark homework
    score, mark,
  • (v) determine the grade of or assign a grade to

Synonyms

class course form rate rank place range order tier level score mark grad gradation ground level degree

Words of close approximity

grab grad Graf Gram gran gray Graz
grace graft grail grain grama grand grant grape graph GRAPO grapy grasp grass grate grave gravy graze
grade-appropriate grade-constructed grade crossing graded grade insignia grade point grade point average grader grade school grade separation