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grade
ɡrād/
noun
noun: grade; plural noun: grades
- 1.a particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, intensity, or value."sea salt is usually available in coarse or fine grades"
- Britishan examination, especially in music."I took grade five and got a distinction"
- (in historical linguistics) one in a series of related root forms exhibiting ablaut.
- Zoologya group of animals at a similar evolutionary level.
- 2.North Americana gradient or slope."just over the crest of a long seven percent grade"
- 3.a variety of cattle produced by crossing with a superior breed."grade stock"
verb
verb: grade; 3rd person present: grades; past tense: graded; past participle: graded; gerund or present participle: grading
- 1.arrange in or allocate to grades; class or sort."they are graded according to thickness"
- 3.reduce (a road) to an easy gradient.
- 4.cross (livestock) with a superior breed.
Origin
early 16th century: from French, or from Latin gradus
‘step.’ Originally used as a unit of measurement of angles (a degree of
arc), the term later referred to degrees of merit or quality.
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