- grade
- I UK [ɡreɪd] / US
noun [countable]
Word forms "grade":
singular grade plural grades
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1) a level of quality or importanceTheir wool is suitable for finer grades of cloth.
top grade tennis rackets
2) a letter or number that shows the quality of a student's workget/gain/obtain a grade:You need to improve your grades.
I got a Grade 2 for art.
3) the rank of a person, for example in their jobThe technical and professional grades have become more open to women.
He demanded to be put on a higher grade.
4) one of the levels of school in the US that lasts one year. Students in the same grade are all about the same ageThe topic is covered in the seventh grade.
eighth grade students
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II UK [ɡreɪd] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "grade":
present tense I/you/we/they grade he/she/it grades present participle grading past tense graded past participle graded
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1) to separate things into different groups according to quality, size, importance etcThe timber is graded according to its thickness.
2) to judge the quality of a student's work by giving it a letter or numberThe teachers did not grade their own students' papers.
English dictionary. 2014.
