grade
verbEtymology 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”).
9 senses
- 1To assign scores to the components of an academic test…
- 2To organize in grades.
- 3To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially…
- 4To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a…
- 5To increase or decrease the dimensions of a garment…
- 6To apply classifying labels to data (typically by a…
- 7To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
- 8To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
- 9To pass from one school grade into the next.
To organize in grades.
- a graded reader
To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface, especially with a grader.
- to grade land before building on it
- The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 129:
Business, Manufacturing, Sewing, Textiles 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.
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).
- Brain scans were graded on a five-point scale of atrophy.
Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences To describe, modify or inflect so as to classify as to degree.
- He has rightly observed that while -ísimo superlatives are typically prenominal, adjectives graded with the intensifier muy "very" are characteristically postnominal.1999, Jon Franco, Alazne Landa, Juan Martín, Grammatical Analyses in Basque and Romance Linguistics: Papers in Honor of Mario Saltarelli, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 65:
- Adjectives graded for comparative and superlative degree can function both attributively and predicatively. Most descriptive adjectives are gradable: As modifiers of a noun Have you got a larger size? […]2014, Angela Downing, English Grammar: A University Course, Routledge, →ISBN, page 430:
1 more example
- Similarly to the Hungarian adjectives graded with the suffix -ik, in place of naj, najto, or, in agreement with the noun, -najte, -najta, -najto forms occur, e.g., najtolepsi or najtelepsi, najtelepsa, najtelepse 'most beautiful'.2020, Prekmurje Slovene Grammar: Avgust Pavel’s Vend nyelvtan (1942), BRILL, →ISBN, page 82:
To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.
- And there were circles even beyond these – […] humanity grading and drifting beyond the educated vision, until no earthly invitation can embrace it.1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 34:
- I graded out of grade two and three and arrived in Miss Hanson's room.
- Derived terms
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