Antonyms for grade
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : greyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : greɪd |
Definition of grade
Origin :- 1510s, "degree of measurement," from French grade "grade, degree" (16c.), from Latin gradus "step, pace, gait, walk;" figuratively "a step, stage, degree," related to gradi "to walk, step, go," from PIE *ghredh- (cf. Lithuanian gridiju "to go, wander," Old Church Slavonic gredo "to come," Old Irish in-greinn "he pursues," and second element in congress, progress, etc.).
- Replaced Middle English gree "step, degree in a series," from Old French grei "step," from Latin gradus. Railway sense is from 1811. Meaning "class of things having the same quality or value" is from 1807; meaning "division of a school curriculum equivalent to one year" is from 1835; that of "letter-mark indicating assessment of a student's work" is from 1886 (earlier used of numerical grades). Grade A "top quality, fit for human consumption" (originally of milk) is from a U.S. system instituted in 1912.
- noun rank, step
- noun incline, slope
- verb evaluate, rank
- This grade I had to cross; and I was greatly afraid that I would meet some one.
- Extract from : « Biography of a Slave » by Charles Thompson
- Did any of you fellows happen to see a dead coyote up on the grade?
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- He looked back once, just as he was turning into the grade road.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- The Blossburgh grade is used almost entirely for blacksmithing.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- But after a while they noticed that the grade was upward and the going easier.
- Extract from : « The Heads of Apex » by Francis Flagg
- Lastly, it is from this grade that all the magistrates are appointed except the teachers for the boys.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- Grade the plates in three divisions, good, medium and doubtful.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- The men running from the grade fell into line like veteran soldiers.
- Extract from : « The Mountain Divide » by Frank H. Spearman
- If he fails on the first topic he may have another draw, but his grade will be reduced.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- You 'll one day win your grade,—high up; yes, you must do so.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for grade
- acclivity
- arrange
- ascent
- assort
- bank
- brand
- caliber
- cant
- category
- class
- classification
- classify
- climb
- condition
- declivity
- degree
- descent
- division
- downgrade
- echelon
- elevation
- embankment
- estate
- form
- gradation
- gradient
- group
- grouping
- height
- hill
- inclination
- inclined plane
- league
- lean
- leaning
- level
- mark
- notch
- obliquity
- order
- pigeonhole
- pitch
- place
- plane
- position
- quality
- ramp
- range
- rate
- rise
- rung
- size
- slant
- sort
- stage
- standard
- station
- tangent
- tier
- tilt
- upgrade
- value
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