grade
A rating.
Noun 4 meanings
A rating.
“This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.”
Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
“He got a good grade on the test.”
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
Verb 4 meanings
To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.
To organize in grades.
“a graded reader”
To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.
“to grade land before building on it”
To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus.
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GRADE at a glance
GRADE has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (G 2 + R 1 + A 1 + D 2 + E 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,614 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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