n. 1 degree, position, rank, status, stage, standing, station, gradation, echelon, class, level, category, condition, state, estate, situation, rung She is a singer of the first grade 2 rating, mark, score What grade did you get in physics? 3 class, form, year My daughter is in the third grade 4 hill, slope, rise, gradient, acclivity, declivity, incline, decline, ascent, descent, upgrade, downgrade The car coasted down a gentle grade into the lake 5 make the grade. pass, measure up, succeed, qualify, Colloq US make it, Slang US and Canadian and NZ hack or cut it Do you think that Simpson can make the grade?
v. 6 classify, class, order, organize, rank, sort, size, group, categorize, rate Her job is to grade pearls according to their size 7 mark, rate, correct, evaluate My teacher was up late grading our exams