grade

grade¹ W3S3 [greıd] n

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1¦(standard)¦

2¦(rank)¦

3¦(mark in school)¦

4 make the grade

5¦(school year)¦

6¦(slope)¦

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[Date: 1500-1600; : French; Origin: Latin gradus 'step, degree']

1.) ¦(STANDARD)¦

a particular level of quality that a product, material etc has

▪ The best grades of tea are expensive.

▪ industrial grade diamonds

high/low grade

▪ low grade products

2.) ¦(RANK)¦

a particular level of job

▪ There are lots of jobs in junior grades.

3.) ¦(MARK IN SCHOOL)¦

a mark that a student is given for their work or for an examination

▪ He got a grade A in maths.

▪ Tim worked hard and got good grades.

4.) make the grade

to succeed or reach the necessary standard

▪ What does it take to make the grade as a top golfer?

5.) ¦(SCHOOL YEAR)¦

one of the 12 years that students are at school in the American school system, or the students in a particular year

second/eleventh etc grade

▪ My brother is in the sixth grade.

▪ a fifth-grade teacher

6.) ¦(SLOPE)¦

AmE a slope or a degree of slope, especially in a road or railway

British Equivalent: gradient

grade ²

grade² v [T]

1.) to say what level of a quality something has, or what standard it is

grade sth according to sth

▪ Pencils are graded according to softness.

▪ All the parks are regularly checked and graded by tourist board inspectors.

2.) especially AmE to give a mark to an examination paper or to a piece of school work

= ↑mark

▪ Ted is grading papers in his office.

3.) to give a particular rank and level of pay to a job