Meaning

15 senses
  1. A rating.

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

    prime grade beef

    Note

    оце́нкаocénka, отме́ткаotmétka

    оці́нкаocínka

  2. (Canada, Philippines, US)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.

    Note, Zensur

    оце́нкаocénka, отме́ткаotmétka, баллball

    оці́нкаocínka, відмі́ткаvidmítka, балbal

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

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

    Grad, Sorte

    сортsort, рангrang, ступе́ньstupénʹ

    сту́піньstúpinʹ, рангranh

    a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

  4. 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.

    укло́нuklón

    the gradient of a slope or road or other surface

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

    Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year.

    Clancy starts grade five this year.

    Klasse

    классklass

    класklas, кля́саkljása

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

    The grade fives are on a field trip.

    -кла́ссник-klássnik, -кла́ссница-klássnica

    -кла́сник-klásnyk, -кла́сниця-klásnycja

  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.

    у́ровеньúrovenʹ

    the height of the ground on which something stands

  10. A gradian.

  11. 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.

Examples

612 sentences
  1. What grade is your sister in?

    В якому класі твоя сестра? — deniko

    ruВ каком классе твоя сестра? — Hellerick

    deIn welcher Klasse ist deine Schwester? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I got terrible grades this term.

    Я отримав жахливі оцінки у цьому семестрі. — brambury

  3. Tom is in the third grade.

    Том у третьому класі. — deniko

  4. Aren't you worried about your grades?

    Хіба ти не хвилюєшся про свої оцінки? — deniko

  5. I need to talk to you about your grades.

    Мені треба поговорити з тобою про твої оцінки. — deniko

    ruМне надо поговорить с тобой о твоих оценках. — sharptoothed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
rating:
performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol:
degree or level of something:
level of pre-collegiate education:
student of a particular grade:
Русский
By meaning 7
rating:
performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol:
degree or level of something:
slope of a roadway or other passage:
level of pre-collegiate education:
student of a particular grade:
level of the ground:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
rating:
performance expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol:
degree or level of something:
level of pre-collegiate education:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, d

Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus.

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Forms

plural: grades
Singulargrade
Pluralgrades

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
slope:gradient
taxon that is not a clade:paraphyletic group
Close in meaning
  • the height of the ground on which something stands:ground level
  • a degree of ablaut:gradation
  • a relative position or degree of value in a graded group:leveltier-n
  • a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality:degreelevel
  • a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance):markscore
  • one-hundredth of a right angle:grad

Word family

1 related words
Relatedgradual

Collocations

12 patterns
  • third grade
  • got good grades
  • the third grade
  • good grades
  • good grades in
  • about his grades
  • grade school
  • a good grade
  • in third grade
  • eighth grade
  • in grade school
  • about your grades

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
grade — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto