grade
noun
[ ɡreɪd ]
• a particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value.
• "sea salt is usually available in coarse or fine grades"
Similar:
category,
class,
classification,
grouping,
group,
set,
section,
bracket,
division,
type,
brand,
• a mark indicating the quality of a student's work.
• "I got good grades last semester"
• a gradient or slope.
• "just over the crest of a long seven per cent grade"
Similar:
slope,
gradient,
incline,
acclivity,
declivity,
tilt,
angle,
hill,
rise,
bank,
ramp,
• a variety of cattle produced by crossing with a superior breed.
• "grade stock"
grade
verb
• arrange in or allocate to grades; classify or sort.
• "the timber is graded according to its thickness"
Similar:
classify,
class,
categorize,
bracket,
sort,
group,
order,
arrange,
type,
pigeonhole,
brand,
size,
rank,
evaluate,
rate,
value,
range,
graduate,
calibrate,
• give a mark to (a student or a piece of work).
• pass gradually from one level, especially a shade of colour, into another.
• "the sky graded from blue at the top of the shot to white on the horizon"
• reduce (a road) to an easy gradient.
• cross (livestock) with a superior breed.
Origin:
early 16th century: 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.
at grade
• on the same level.
• "the crossing at grade of two streets"
