The meaning of Grade

noun

An upward slope.

Usage examples:

An acclivity that wasn't present before came up.

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Usage examples:

In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun

A fish hook.

Usage examples:

You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles

noun

An act of assessing something or someone.

Usage examples:

She carried out a thorough appraisal

verb

Assess the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

There is a need to appraise existing techniques

verb

Put (things) in a neat, attractive, or required order.

Usage examples:

She had just finished arranging the flowers

verb

Put into a proper or systematic order

verb

To plan or make preparations for something or for something to happen

Usage examples:

[ t ] he arranged a meeting between the two leaders., [ + to infinitive ] my friends arranged to ea…

verb

Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.

Usage examples:

The committee must assess the relative importance of the issues

verb

Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of

verb

To decide the quality or importance of something

Usage examples:

A college is going to assess a student’s ability based on grades., government officials assessed th…

noun

The action of assessing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The assessment of educational needs

noun

The process of considering all the information about a situation or a person and making a judgement

Usage examples:

Conduct/give/make an assessment the first thing you must do is make an assessment of the situation.…

noun

The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.

Usage examples:

Willows lined the bank of the stream

verb

Heap (a substance) into a mass or mound.

Usage examples:

The rain banked the soil up behind the gate

verb

Deposit (money or valuables) in a bank.

Usage examples:

She may have banked a cheque in the wrong account

verb

Mix (a substance) with another substance so that they combine together.

Usage examples:

Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water

noun

A mixture of different substances or other things.

Usage examples:

The chutney is a blend of bananas, raisins, and ginger

noun

Mix together different elements

noun

Each of a pair of marks ( ) [ ] { } 〈 〉 used to enclose words or figures so as to separate them from the context.

Usage examples:

Symbols are given in brackets

verb

Enclose (words or figures) in brackets.

Usage examples:

I have bracketed the phrase ‘of contrary qualities’ in the translation, since it is not explicit in…

noun

Either of a pair of marks [ ], or the information inside them, used in a piece of writing to show that what is inside these marks should be considered as separate from the main part

Usage examples:

Most college students are in the 18 to 22 age bracket., her new job puts her in a higher income/tax…

noun

A type of product manufactured by a particular company under a particular name.

Usage examples:

A new brand of soap powder

verb

Mark with a branding iron.

Usage examples:

The seller had branded the animal with his grandfather's name

noun

A name given to a product or service

verb

Mark (a gauge or instrument) with a standard scale of readings.

Usage examples:

The depth gauge is calibrated in centimetres

verb

To make, adjust, or check the setting (= the position) of the controls used to make measurements with a tool or measuring device

Usage examples:

Our radar was calibrated for 100,000 yards.

verb

Place in a particular class or group.

Usage examples:

Silk is categorized as a luxury import

verb

To put people or things into groups of people or things that have the same features

Usage examples:

Categorize sb/sth as sth you can categorize your company's strategy as a reactor, defender, analyze…

noun

A class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics.

Usage examples:

The various categories of research

noun

A grouping of people or things by type in any systematic arrangement

Usage examples:

The light trucks weigh less than 5,000 pounds and are in a category that includes minivans, pickups…

noun

A group of people or things that have similar features

Usage examples:

A category of sth the use of the four categories of customer is to ensure that marketing messages a…

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

noun

A set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality.

Usage examples:

It has good accommodation for a hotel of this class

verb

Assign or regard as belonging to a particular category.

Usage examples:

Conduct which is classed as criminal

adjective

Showing stylish excellence.

Usage examples:

He's a class player

noun

The action or process of classifying something.

Usage examples:

The classification of disease according to symptoms

verb

Arrange (a group of people or things) in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics.

Usage examples:

Mountain peaks are classified according to their shape

verb

Arrange or order by categories

verb

To divide things into groups according to type

Usage examples:

We classify our books by subject.

noun

A downward slope.

Usage examples:

A thickly wooded declivity

noun

An area that is lower than surrounding areas

Usage examples:

At the bottom of the field was a wooded declivity.

noun

The action of separating something into parts or the process of being separated.

Usage examples:

The division of the land into small fields

noun

The separation of something into parts or groups, or one of the parts or groups that has been separated

Usage examples:

[ u ] the division of responsibilities among the officers of the company was spelled out in detail.…

noun

One of the main separate parts that a company, or group of companies, is divided into

Usage examples:

The year-on-year profit figure for the division fell by 36%., investment/services/international div…

verb

Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.

Usage examples:

The study will assist in evaluating the impact of recent changes

Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of

verb

To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

Usage examples:

Doctors evaluate the patient’s condition., [ + question word ] have they evaluated what their next …

noun

The making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.

Usage examples:

The evaluation of each method

noun

The process of judging something's quality, importance, or value, or a report that includes this information

Usage examples:

Get/give/offer an evaluation before filing for bankruptcy, it is advisable to get an evaluation don…

noun

An inclined part of a road or railway; a slope.

Usage examples:

Fail-safe brakes for use on steep gradients

noun

A measure of how steep a slope is, often expressed as a percentage

verb

Arrange in or allocate to grades; classify or sort.

Usage examples:

The timber is graded according to its thickness

noun

A particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value.

Usage examples:

Sea salt is usually available in coarse or fine grades

noun

A mark indicating the quality of a student's work.

Usage examples:

I got good grades last semester

noun

A person who has successfully completed a course of study or training, especially a person who has been awarded an undergraduate or first academic degree.

Usage examples:

Training courses usually take graduates or school leavers any time after they've got their qualific…

verb

Successfully complete an academic degree, course of training, or (in north america) high school.

Usage examples:

He graduated from glasgow university in 1990

noun

Receive an academic degree upon completion of one's studies

noun

A number of people or things that are located, gathered, or classed together.

Usage examples:

A group of boys approached

verb

Put in a group or groups.

Usage examples:

Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

A number of people or things that are together or considered as a unit

Usage examples:

A group of trees, i’m meeting a group of friends for dinner., a rock/soul group, she grouped the ch…

noun

A set of associated people acting together, especially within a larger organization.

Usage examples:

A grouping of trade union leaders

verb

Put in a group or groups.

Usage examples:

Three chairs were grouped around a table

noun

Several people or things when they have been arranged into a group or are being considered as a group

Usage examples:

Political groupings

noun

A naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain.

Usage examples:

The instructions were to design a simple landscape sketch using a minimum of five to six land forms…

verb

Form (something) into a heap.

Usage examples:

If frost threatens our new plants, we hill them up

verb

Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.

Usage examples:

He was inclined to accept the offer

noun

An inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway.

Usage examples:

The road climbs a long incline through a forest

noun

A public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court.

Usage examples:

He is due to appear before a judge and jury on monday

verb

Form an opinion or conclusion about.

Usage examples:

A production can be judged according to the canons of aesthetic criticism

verb

An official who decides questions before a court

noun

A small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt.

Usage examples:

The blow left a red mark down one side of her face

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Usage examples:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

noun

(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of germany, equal to 100 pfennig; a deutschmark.

Usage examples:

Germany spent billions of marks to save the french franc from speculators

verb

Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity.

Usage examples:

The merchant bank merged with another broker

verb

To combine or join together

Usage examples:

[ i ] route 9a splits off from route 9, but they merge after 5 more miles.

verb

To join together, or to be joined together, to make a larger company, organization, department, etc.

Usage examples:

The two banks denied rumours that they aim to merge., the cable company announced plans to merge it…

noun

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

Usage examples:

I filed the cards in alphabetical order

verb

Give an authoritative instruction to do something.

Usage examples:

She ordered me to leave

verb

Logical arrangement of different elements

verb

Move or cause to move in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

He passed through towns and villages

noun

An act or instance of moving past or through something.

Usage examples:

Repeated passes with the swipe card

exclamation

Said when one does not know the answer to a question, for example in a quiz.

Usage examples:

To the enigmatic question we answered ‘pass’

noun

A small recess for a domestic pigeon to nest in.

Usage examples:

It's fortunate that they set up those pigeonholes because some of the pigeons have come home to roo…

verb

Assign to a particular category, typically an overly restrictive one.

Usage examples:

I was pigeonholed as a ‘youth writer’

verb

To put someone or something into a group or type, often unfairly

Usage examples:

He’s was pigeonholed early on in his career as a gospel singer.

noun

A sloping surface joining two different levels, as at the entrance or between floors of a building.

Usage examples:

A wheelchair ramp

verb

Provide with a ramp.

Usage examples:

We have purposefully ramped the entrance to make it easier access

noun

The area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.

Usage examples:

The cost will be in the range of $1–5 million a day

verb

Vary or extend between specified limits.

Usage examples:

Prices range from £30 to £100

adjective

(of a person or their lifestyle) orderly; settled.

Usage examples:

It's possible to be too rangé

noun

A position in the hierarchy of the armed forces.

Usage examples:

An army officer of high rank

verb

Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.

Usage examples:

Students ranked the samples in order of preference

adjective

(of vegetation) growing too thickly and coarsely.

Usage examples:

Clumps of rank grass

noun

A measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against another quantity or measure.

Usage examples:

The island has the lowest crime rate in the world

verb

Assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale.

Usage examples:

They were asked to rate their ability at different driving manoeuvres

verb

Scold (someone) angrily.

Usage examples:

He rated the young man soundly for his want of respect

verb

Move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

Usage examples:

The tiny aircraft rose from the ground

noun

An upward movement; an instance of rising.

Usage examples:

The bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises

verb

Move upward

noun

The number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual.

Usage examples:

The final score was 4–3 to royston

verb

Gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game.

Usage examples:

Mccartney scored a fine goal

verb

A number that expresses accomplishment in a game or contest

noun

Any of the more or less distinct parts into which something is or may be divided or from which it is made up.

Usage examples:

I unscrewed every section of copper pipe, from the roof tank to the hot-water cylinder

verb

Divide into sections.

Usage examples:

She began to section the grapefruit

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

Dad always reads the sports section of the newspaper., he lived in a poor section of town., you’ll …

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

noun

Comparative darkness and coolness caused by shelter from direct sunlight.

Usage examples:

Sitting in the shade

verb

Screen from direct light.

Usage examples:

She shaded her eyes against the sun

noun

Darkness and cooler temperatures caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun

Usage examples:

[ u ] the truck was parked in the shade., [ c ] the lamps had matching shades., he painted the room…

noun

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

Usage examples:

The schools varied in size

verb

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.

Usage examples:

Twist drills are sized in millimetres

adjective

Having a specified size; sized.

Usage examples:

Marble-size chunks of hail

noun

A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another; a rising or falling surface.

Usage examples:

He slithered helplessly down the slope

verb

(of a surface or line) be inclined from a horizontal or vertical line; slant up or down.

Usage examples:

The garden sloped down to a stream

noun

A category of things or people with a common feature; a type.

Usage examples:

If only we knew the sort of people she was mixing with

verb

Arrange systematically in groups; separate according to type.

Usage examples:

The mail was sorted

noun

A group of things that are of the same type or that share similar qualities

Usage examples:

What sort of equipment will she need?, he was squinting through the eyepiece of some sort of naviga…

verb

Move or cause to move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

The floor tilted slightly

noun

A sloping position or movement.

Usage examples:

The tilt of her head

verb

Lean over; tip

verb

Change in form, nature, or substance.

Usage examples:

The raw material of his experience was transmuted into stories

verb

To change something completely, especially into something different and better

Usage examples:

A few centuries ago alchemists thought they could transmute lead into gold., plutonium transmutes i…

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

noun

A category of people or things having common characteristics.

Usage examples:

This type of heather grows better in a drier habitat

verb

Write (something) on a typewriter or computer by pressing the keys.

Usage examples:

He typed out the second draft

suffix

(forming adjectives) resembling or having the characteristics of a specified thing.

Usage examples:

The dish-type radio telescope

noun

The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

Usage examples:

Your support is of great value

verb

Estimate the monetary worth of.

Usage examples:

His estate was valued at £45,000

noun

Importance, worth, or benefit

Usage examples:

They discussed the value of having cameras in the courtroom., the value of the thing (= its worth i…