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1.NounA rating."This fine-grade coin from 1837 is worth a good amount."
2.NounPerformance 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.NounA degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
4.NounDegree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb).
5.NounA slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage"The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent."
6.NounA level of primary and secondary education."Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year.; Clancy starts grade five this year."
7.NounA student of a particular grade (used with the grade level)."The grade fives are on a field trip."
8.NounAn area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).
9.NounThe level of the ground."This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade."
10.NounA gradian.
11.NounIn a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
12.NounA harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
13.NounA taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
14.NounThe degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
15.NounAn eyeglass prescription.
16.VerbTo assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance.
17.VerbTo organize in grades."a graded reader"
18.VerbTo flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader."to grade land before building on it"
19.VerbTo 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.
20.VerbTo 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.
21.VerbTo apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process)."Brain scans were graded on a five-point scale of atrophy."
22.VerbTo describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
23.VerbTo pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
24.VerbTo pass from one school grade into the next."I graded out of grade two and three and arrived in Miss Hanson's room."