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Another word for grade

Noun

  1. One of the units in a course, as on an ascending or descending scale

    2. See also:

    big

  2. Degree of excellence

    3. See also:

    value

    be

  3. A division of persons or things by quality, rank, or grade

    4. See also:

    value

    group

  4. Deviation from a particular direction

    5. See also:

    straight

    rise

Another word for grade

Verb

  1. To assign to a class or classes

    2. See also:

    value

    group

  2. To evaluate and assign a grade to

    3. See also:

    value

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Another word for grade

Noun

  1. An incline

    2. See also:

    hill

  2. An embankment

    3. See also:

    dam

  3. Rank or degree

    4. See also:

    degree

  4. A division of a school

    5. See also:

    class

  5. *A hybrid

    6. See also:

    hybrid

Another word for grade

Verb
    2. See also:

    rank

Idioms:

    make-the-grade

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Sentence Examples

  • I don't know how you keep such a high grade average.

  • That jug is grade double A light.

  • This is so much higher than my grade level I'm getting a nose bleed.

  • There would then have been less disturbance owing to the breath of the players and heat of the theatres or concert-rooms. It would be a great advantage to get this higher grade generally adopted.

  • The lower the grade the more elaborate and expensive is the machinery required to clean it, and consequently a spinner is willing to pay a certain amount extra for high grade cotton in order to save expenditure on preparatory machinery.

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