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Grades

/ɡɹeɪdz/

A rating.

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📖 Definitions of "Grades"

noun

1
A rating.
"I gave him a good grade for effort."
2
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
"He got a good grade on the test."
3
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
4
A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
"The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent."

verb

1
To assign scores to the components of an academic test.
2
To assign a score to overall academic performance.
3
To organize in grades.
"a graded reader"
4
To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface.

noun

1
Grammar school, primary school, or the years of school prior to high school.

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ranknoun	A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
improved	That has been made better; enhanced.
formnoun	(heading, physical) To do with shape.
ordernoun	(countable) A command.
ratenoun	The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
classnoun	(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
surfacenoun	The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
marknoun	(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
levelnoun	A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
degreenoun	(education) A stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study, now especially an award bestowed by a university/college, as a certification of academic achievement. (In the United States, can include secondary schools.)
placenoun	(physical) An area; somewhere within an area.
tiernoun	A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.
rangenoun	A line or series of mountains, buildings, etc.
ground levelnoun	(often attributive) The level of the ground, the surface of the earth.
scorenoun	The total number of goals, points, runs, etc. earned by a participant in a game.
ground-levelnoun	—
classroomnoun	A room, often in a school, where classes take place.
categorynoun	A group, often named or numbered, to which items are assigned based on similarity or defined criteria.
classificationnoun	The act of forming into a class or classes; a distribution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or attributes.
qualificationnoun	The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.