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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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