grade

noun

/ɡreɪd/

Idioms

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a mark given in an exam or for a piece of school work
- (British English) She got good grades in her exams.
- (North American English) She got good grades on her exams.
- 70 per cent of students achieved Grade C or above.
Wordfinder
- candidate
- exam
- grade
- invigilate
- mark
- oral
- paper
- practical
- resit
- revise
Extra Examples
- an A-grade essay
- I need to improve my grades.
- She got a failing grade for that assignment.
- The oral exam constitutes 10 per cent of the final grade.
- The proportion of students getting A grades is up.
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- final
- A
- B
- …
verb + grade
- achieve
- attain
- earn
- …
phrases
- grade point average
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(in the US school system) one of the levels in a school with children of similar age
- Sam is in (the) second grade.
see also O grade, Standard Grade
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- He skipped a grade so he finished high school early.
- My son will be starting third grade this fall.
- He moved up three grades in just a year.
- These topics are suitable for seventh grade.
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Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- sixth
- third
- etc.
- …
verb + grade
- enter
- start
- complete
- …
grade + noun
- level
- school
preposition
- in… grade
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the quality of a particular product or material
- All the materials used were of the highest grade.
see also high-grade, low-grade
Extra Examples
- a piece of high grade building land
- low grade steel
- Grade A beef
- a piece of top grade beef
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- top
- low
- …
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a level of ability or rank that somebody has in an organization
- salary/pay grades (= levels of pay)
- She's still only on a secretarial grade.
Extra Examples
- She was offered a job at a lower grade.
- The majority of staff are on the same grade.
- large pay increases for senior grades
- the people on management grades
- The higher grades within the organization usually get bigger pay rises.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- high
- senior
- junior
- …
preposition
- at a/the… grade
- on a/the… grade
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(specialist) how serious an illness is
- low/high grade fever
(especially North American English)
(also gradient British and North American English)
a slope on a road or railway; the degree to which the ground slopes
- The hill has a grade of 25 per cent.
- We hiked up a short steep grade.
(British English) a level of exam in musical skill
- grade 6 piano

Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin gradus ‘step’. Originally used as a unit of measurement of angles (a degree of arc), the term later referred to degrees of merit or quality.

Idioms

make the grade

(informal) to reach the necessary standard; to succeed
- About 10 per cent of trainees fail to make the grade.
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grade

verb

/ɡreɪd/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they grade	/ɡreɪd/ /ɡreɪd/
he / she / it grades	/ɡreɪdz/ /ɡreɪdz/
past simple graded	/ˈɡreɪdɪd/ /ˈɡreɪdɪd/
past participle graded	/ˈɡreɪdɪd/ /ˈɡreɪdɪd/
-ing form grading	/ˈɡreɪdɪŋ/ /ˈɡreɪdɪŋ/

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(especially North American English) to give a grade to a student or to a piece of their written work
- grade somebody/something I spent all weekend grading papers.
- grade somebody/something + noun The best students are graded A.
compare mark
Extra Examples
- I don't think he graded our essays fairly.
- Who grades the students?
Topics Educationb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- fairly
- objectively
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[usually passive] to arrange people or things in groups according to their ability, quality, size, etc.
- be graded (by/according to something) The containers are graded according to size.
- be graded from… to… Eggs are graded from small to extra large.
- Responses were graded from 1 (very satisfied) to 5 (not at all satisfied).
- be graded (as) something Ten beaches were graded as acceptable.
- be graded for something The grammar exercises are graded for difficulty.
Extra Examples
- The containers are graded by size.
- The timber is graded according to its thickness.
- a series of modern stories carefully graded for beginner to intermediate students
- finely graded nuances of language
- The attacks were graded as mild, moderate or severe.
- The gems are then graded by quality.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- carefully
- finely
preposition
- according to
- by
- from… to…
- …
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