Definition of "grade" in Englisch

noun

1. A rating.

   • This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount.

2. (chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) 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.
   • I gave him a good grade for effort.
   • You need a grade of at least 80% in first-year calculus to be admitted to the CS major program.

3. A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.

4. (linguistics) Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).

5. A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage

   • The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent.

6. (Canada, US, Philippines, education) A level of primary and secondary education.

   • Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year.
   • Clancy starts grade five this year.

7. (Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).

   • The grade fives are on a field trip.

8. An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).

9. The level of the ground.

   • This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade.

10. (mathematics) A gradian.

11. (geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.

12. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

13. (systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.

14. (medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.

15. (Philippines, ophthalmology) An eyeglass prescription.

verb

1. (chiefly Canada, US) To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.

2. To organize in grades.

   • a graded reader

3. To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.

   • to grade land before building on it

4. (sewing) 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.

5. (patternmaking) To increase or decrease the dimensions of a garment pattern from the initial base size in such a way that the overall proportions of the silhouette are maintained across all sizes.