transcription, транскрипция: [ greɪd ]
( grades, grading, graded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something is graded , its quality is judged, and it is often given a number or a name that indicates how good or bad it is.
Dust masks are graded according to the protection they offer...
South Point College does not grade the students’ work.
...a three-tier grading system.
VERB : be V-ed , V n , V-ing
2.
The grade of a product is its quality, especially when this has been officially judged.
...a good grade of plywood.
...a grade II listed building.
N-COUNT : with supp , oft adj N , N num
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Grade is also a combining form.
...weapons-grade plutonium.
...aviation fuel and high-grade oil.
COMB in ADJ
3.
Your grade in an examination or piece of written work is the mark you get, usually in the form of a letter or number, that indicates your level of achievement.
What grade are you hoping to get?...
There was a lot of pressure on you to obtain good grades.
N-COUNT : with supp , oft adj N , N num
4.
Your grade in a company or organization is your level of importance or your rank.
Staff turnover is particularly high among junior grades.
N-COUNT : with supp
5.
In the United States, a grade is a group of classes in which all the children are of a similar age. When you are six years old you go into the first grade and you leave school after the twelfth grade.
Mr White teaches first grade in south Georgia.
N-COUNT : usu with supp , oft ord N
6.
A grade is a slope. ( AM; in BRIT, use gradient )
She drove up a steep grade and then began the long descent into the desert.
N-COUNT
7.
Someone’s grade is their military rank. ( AM )
I was a naval officer, lieutenant junior grade.
N-COUNT
8.
If someone makes the grade , they succeed, especially by reaching a particular standard.
She had a strong desire to be a dancer but failed to make the grade.
PHRASE : V inflects