grade
/ɡreɪd/
noun
- A level or rank in a scale of quality, value, or importance.
- This restaurant serves only the highest grade of beef.
- She bought first-grade eggs at the farmer's market.
- The company uses industrial-grade materials for its products.
- A mark or score given for schoolwork or a test.
- Her grades improved after she started studying every day.
- He was happy to get an A grade on his math exam.
- The teacher posted the grades for the science project online.
- A group of students of the same age or level in a school.
- Students in the third grade learn multiplication.
- The entire grade went on a field trip to the museum.
- My daughter is in the fifth grade this year.
- The slope or steepness of a road, path, or surface.
- Cyclists struggled to climb the long grade up the hill.
- The train slowed down as it approached a steep grade.
- The road has a gentle grade that makes it easy to walk.
verb
- To assign a mark or score to schoolwork or a test.
- The exam is graded on a scale from 0 to 100.
- It took her two hours to grade all the quizzes.
- The teacher will grade the essays over the weekend.
- To sort or arrange items by size, quality, or level.
- Workers grade the apples before packing them for shipment.
- The company grades its diamonds by clarity and color.
- Farmers grade eggs by weight and shell quality.
- To level or smooth a surface, especially ground or a road.
- A bulldozer was used to grade the dirt for the new parking lot.
- They need to grade the driveway so water drains away.
- The construction crew graded the land before building the house.