GRADE


Meaning of GRADE in English

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

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

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