grade: betekenis en definities

A stage or degree in a process.

A position in a scale of size, quality, or intensity: a poor grade of lumber.

An accepted level or standard.

A set of persons or things all falling in the same specified limits; a class.

A level of academic development in an elementary, middle, or secondary school: learned fractions in the fourth grade.

A group of students at such a level: The third grade has recess at 10:30.

Elementary school.

A number, letter, or symbol indicating a student's level of accomplishment: a passing grade in history.

A military, naval, or civil service rank.

The degree of inclination of a slope, road, or other surface: the steep grade of the mountain road.

A slope or gradual inclination, especially of a road or railroad track: slowed the truck when he approached the grade.

The level at which the ground surface meets the foundation of a building.

A domestic animal produced by crossbreeding one of purebred stock with one of ordinary stock.

Linguistics A degree of ablaut.

To arrange in steps or degrees.

To arrange in a series or according to a scale.

To determine the quality of (academic work, for example); evaluate: graded the book reports.

To give a grade to (a student, for example).

To level or smooth to a desired or horizontal gradient: bulldozers graded the road.

To gradate.

To improve the quality of (livestock) by crossbreeding with purebred stock.

To hold a certain rank or position.

To change or progress gradually: piles of gravel that grade from coarse to fine.