grade

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian gri̇̀diju (“to go, wander”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɹeɪd/ (US, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [ɡɹeɪd] (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): [ɡɹɛjd] (Canada) IPA(key): [ɡɹeːd] (General Australian) IPA(key): [ɡɹæɪd] Homophones: grayed, greyed Rhymes: -eɪd === Noun === grade (plural grades) A rating. (chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score. Synonym: mark A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality. (linguistics) Degree (any of the three stages (positive, comparative, superlative) in the comparison of an adjective or an adverb). A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage (Canada, US, Philippines, education) A level of primary and secondary education. (Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level). An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine). The level of the ground. (mathematics) A gradian. (geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating. (systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade. (medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale. (Philippines, ophthalmology) An eyeglass prescription. ==== Synonyms ==== (taxon that is not a clade): paraphyletic group (slope): gradient ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: グレード (gurēdo) → Swahili: gredi ==== Translations ==== === Verb === grade (third-person singular simple present grades, present participle grading, simple past and past participle graded) (chiefly Canada, US) To assign scores to the components of an academic test, or to overall academic performance. To organize in grades. To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader. to grade land before building on it (sewing) To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out. (patternmaking) To increase or decrease the dimensions of a garment pattern from the initial base size in such a way that the overall proportions of the silhouette are maintained across all sizes. To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a manual rather than automatic process). (linguistics) To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree. (intransitive) To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another. (Canada, dated, intransitive) To pass from one school grade into the next. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === Anagrams === garde, radge, Agder, Dager, Edgar, Adger, Degar, EDGAR, raged, Gared, greda, Gerda == Afrikaans == === Noun === grade plural of graad == Chinese == === Alternative forms === (Internet slang) 龜 / 龟 === Etymology === From English grade. === Pronunciation === === Noun === grade (Hong Kong Cantonese, chiefly university slang) grade ==== Derived terms ==== == Esperanto == === Etymology === grado +‎ -e === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡrade/ Rhymes: -ade Syllabification: gra‧de === Adverb === grade gradually ==== Synonyms ==== malabrupte === Further reading === “grade”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin gradus. Compare degré. Doublet of gradus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁad/ Rhymes: -ad Homophone: grades === Noun === grade m (plural grades) rank (geometry) gradian ==== Synonyms ==== degré rang ==== Derived terms ==== en prendre pour son grade monter en grade ==== Related terms ==== gradation grader ==== Descendants ==== → Romanian: grad === Further reading === “grade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Galician == === Etymology 1 === 13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese grade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin cratis, cratem (“wickerwork”). ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: -ade Hyphenation: gra‧de ==== Noun ==== grade f (plural grades) (archaic) cage Synonym: gaiola grate (metal grille) harrow (device dragged across ploughed land to smooth the soil) any similarly formed frame or structure common starfish (Asterias rubens) Synonyms: estrela do mar, rapacricas Ursa Major Synonyms: Carro, Osa Maior ===== Derived terms ===== gradar ==== References ==== Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “grade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “grade”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “grade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “grade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “grade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== grade inflection of gradar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == German == === Etymology === Contraction of gerade. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡraːdə/ === Adverb === grade (colloquial) alternative form of gerade === Further reading === “grade” in Duden online “grade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: gra‧de === Etymology 1 === From Old Galician-Portuguese grade, from Latin crātis, possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *krtis. ==== Noun ==== grade f (plural grades) grate (metal grille) a light fence harrow (device dragged across ploughed land to smooth the soil) grid ===== Descendants ===== → Bengali: গরাদিয়া (goradiẏa), গরাদে (gorade) → Gujarati: ગરાદ (garād) → Marathi: गराज (garāj), गराद (garād) → Sinhalese: ගරාදියා (garādiyā) === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== grade inflection of gradar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “grade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “grade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɡrade] === Noun === grade n indefinite plural of grad == Serbo-Croatian == === Noun === grade (Cyrillic spelling граде) vocative singular of grad == Spanish == === Verb === grade inflection of gradar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative