| Noun | 1. | grade - a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"sixth form - students preparing for their A levels in their final two years of secondary education master class - a class (especially in music) given to talented students by an expert | |
| 2. | grade - a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"biosafety level - the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents; depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" A level - the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level) O level - the basic level of a subject taken in school college level - the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained | |
| 3. | grade - the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"gradient, slope - the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient" downgrade - the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends | |
| 4. | grade - one-hundredth of a right angle | |
| 5. | grade - a degree of ablautablaut - a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) | |
| 6. | grade - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"grade point - a numerical value assigned to a letter grade received in a course taken at a college or university multiplied by the number of credit hours awarded for the course centile, percentile - (statistics) any of the 99 numbered points that divide an ordered set of scores into 100 parts each of which contains one-hundredth of the total decile - (statistics) any of nine points that divided a distribution of ranked scores into equal intervals where each interval contains one-tenth of the scores quartile - (statistics) any of three points that divide an ordered distribution into four parts each containing one quarter of the scores | |
| 7. | grade - the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade"elevation - distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level); "there was snow at the higher elevations" | |
| 8. | grade - a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate degree of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"caliber, calibre, quality - a degree or grade of excellence or worth; "the quality of students has risen"; "an executive of low caliber" magnitude - the property of relative size or extent; "they tried to predict the magnitude of the explosion" depth - degree of psychological or intellectual depth high - a lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures reached an all-time high" low - a low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to a new low" extreme - the furthest or highest degree of something; "he carried it to extremes" | |
| 9. | grade - a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breedBos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen - domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" | |
| Verb | 1. | grade - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"superordinate - place in a superior order or rank; "These two notions are superordinated to a third" shortlist - put someone or something on a short list seed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds subordinate - rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" downgrade - rate lower; lower in value or esteem upgrade - rate higher; raise in value or esteem judge - form an opinion of or pass judgment on; "I cannot judge some works of modern art" | |
| 2. | grade - level to the right gradientaggrade - build up to a level by depositing sediment | |
| 3. | grade - assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework" | |
| 4. | grade - determine the grade of or assign a grade to | |