GRADE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grade mean? 

• GRADE (noun)
  The noun GRADE has 9 senses:

1. a body of students who are taught together

2. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

3. the gradient of a slope or road or other surface

4. one-hundredth of a right angle

5. a degree of ablaut

6. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

7. the height of the ground on which something stands

8. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

9. a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

  Familiarity information: GRADE used as a noun is familiar.

• GRADE (verb)
  The verb GRADE has 4 senses:

1. assign a rank or rating to

2. level to the right gradient

3. assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

4. determine the grade of or assign a grade to

  Familiarity information: GRADE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRADE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A body of students who are taught together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

class; course; form; grade

Context example:

early morning classes are always sleepy

Hypernyms ("grade" is a kind of...):

assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grade"):

master class (a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert)

discussion section; section (a small class of students who are part of a larger course but are taught separately)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A relative position or degree of value in a graded group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

grade; level; tier

Context example:

lumber of the highest grade

Hypernyms ("grade" is a kind of...):

rank (relative status)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grade"):

biosafety level (the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents; depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities)

A level (the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level))

GCSE; General Certificate of Secondary Education; O level (the basic level of a subject taken in school)

college level (the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained)

Derivation:

grade (assign a rank or rating to)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The gradient of a slope or road or other surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the road had a steep grade

Hypernyms ("grade" is a kind of...):

gradient; slope (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grade"):

downgrade (the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends)

rise; rising slope; upgrade (the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises)

Derivation:

gradual ((of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt)

grade (level to the right gradient)

Sense 4

Meaning:

One-hundredth of a right angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

grad; grade

Hypernyms ("grade" is a kind of...):

angular unit (a unit of measurement for angles)

Holonyms ("grade" is a part of...):

right angle (the 90 degree angle between two perpendicular lines)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A degree of ablaut

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

gradation; grade

Hypernyms ("grade" is a kind of...):

ablaut (a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song))

Sense 6

Meaning:

A number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

grade; mark; score

Context example:

what was your score on your homework?

Hypernyms ("grade" is a kind of...):

evaluation; rating; valuation (an appraisal of the value of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grade"):

quartile ((statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores)

decile ((statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores)

grade point (a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course)

centile; percentile ((statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total)

Derivation:

grade (determine the grade of or assign a grade to)

grade (assign a rank or rating to)

Sense 7

Meaning:

The height of the ground on which something stands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

grade; ground level

Context example:

the base of the tower was below grade

Hypernyms ("grade" is a kind of...):

elevation (distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level))

Derivation:

grade (level to the right gradient)

Sense 8

Meaning:

A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

degree; grade; level

Context example:

it is all a matter of degree

Hypernyms ("grade" is a kind of...):

property (a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class)

Attribute:

high (greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount)

low (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount)

mild (moderate in type or degree or effect or force; far from extreme)

intense (possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grade"):

low (a low level or position or degree)

SPF; sun protection factor (the degree to which a sunscreen protects the skin from the direct rays of the sun)

immoderateness; immoderation (the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation)

moderateness; moderation (quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes)

amplitude level (the level on a scale of amplitude)

extreme (the furthest or highest degree of something)

lowness (a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.))

high (a lofty level or position or degree)

highness (a high degree (of amount or force etc.))

depth (degree of psychological or intellectual profundity)

grind (the grade of particle fineness to which a substance is ground)

intensity; intensiveness (high level or degree; the property of being intense)

caliber; calibre; quality (a degree or grade of excellence or worth)

Sense 9

Meaning:

A variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("grade" is a kind of...):

Bos taurus; cattle; cows; kine; oxen (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age)

• GRADE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assign a rank or rating to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

grade; order; place; range; rank; rate

Context example:

The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide

Hypernyms (to "grade" is one way to...):

evaluate; judge; pass judgment (form a critical opinion of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grade"):

superordinate (place in a superior order or rank)

upgrade (rate higher; raise in value or esteem)

downgrade (rate lower; lower in value or esteem)

sequence (arrange in a sequence)

prioritise; prioritize (assign a priority to)

subordinate (rank or order as less important or consider of less value)

reorder (assign a new order to)

seed (distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds)

shortlist (put someone or something on a short list)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

gradation (the act of arranging in grades)

gradation (relative position in a graded series)

grade (a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance))

grade (a relative position or degree of value in a graded group)

grader (a judge who assigns grades to something)

grading (the act of arranging in a graduated series)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Level to the right gradient

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "grade" is one way to...):

even; even out; flush; level (make level or straight)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "grade"):

aggrade (build up to a level by depositing sediment)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

grade (the gradient of a slope or road or other surface)

grade (the height of the ground on which something stands)

grading (changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

grade; mark; score

Context example:

mark homework

Hypernyms (to "grade" is one way to...):

appraise; assess; evaluate; measure; valuate; value (evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

grader (a judge who assigns grades to something)

grading (evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score)

gradation (the act of arranging in grades)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Determine the grade of or assign a grade to

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "grade" is one way to...):

assort; class; classify; separate; sort; sort out (arrange or order by classes or categories)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

gradation (the act of arranging in grades)

gradation (relative position in a graded series)

grade (a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance))

grading (evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score)

 Context examples 

A grade I meningioma that occurs during adulthood.

(Adult Grade I Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is one of the parameters that determine the grade of malignant tumors.

(Mitotic Count, NCI Thesaurus)

A low grade (WHO grade II) astrocytoma occurring during adulthood.

(Adult Diffuse Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The surfactant mannide monooleate in Montanide ISA 51 VG contains vegetable-grade (VG) oleic acid derived from olive oil.

(Montanide ISA 51 VG, NCI Thesaurus)

A WHO grade III hemangiopericytoma characterized by the presence of high mitotic activity and/or necrotic changes.

(Meningeal Anaplastic Hemangiopericytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Cases of adenofibroma of the ovary with low grade malignant potential have also been reported.

(Adenofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

The toxicity grade value of the adverse event.

(Adverse Event Toxicity Grade, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called high-grade lymphoma and intermediate-grade lymphoma.

(Aggressive lymphoma, NCI Dictionary)

A WHO grade I meningioma characterized by the presence of tumor cells that form lobules.

(Meningothelial Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Most meningiomas are WHO grade I tumors, and some are WHO grade II or III tumors.

(Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)