Grade | Mean of grade in English Dictionary

/ˈgreɪd/

• Noun
• a level of study that is completed by a student during one year
1. Our son is in (the) fourth/twelfth grade.
• the students in the same year of study at a school
1. The fifth grade will perform their annual play this week.
• a number or letter that indicates how a student performed in a class or on a test
1. (US) I got a good grade on my math test. = (Brit) I got a good grade in my maths test.
2. a grade of 90 percent or better
3. Her grades are up/better this semester.
4. passing/failing grades

• a particular level of quality
1. an expensive grade of leather
2. government grades for beef
• a particular position or rank in an organization
1. junior grade officers
• a place where the ground slopes up or down
1. a steep six percent grade
• to be good enough or perform well enough to succeed
1. Many people apply for these positions, but only a few make the grade.
• Verb
• to give a grade to (a student or a student's work)
1. Students will be graded on their reading ability.
2. She hasn't finished grading the exams.
• to give a rating to (something)
1. How would you grade your meal on a scale from one to five?
• to separate (things) into groups or classes according to a particular quality
1. The eggs are graded according to size.
• to give (a surface) a desired degree of slope
1. They graded the new highway.