grade

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɡɹeɪd/ UK [ɡɹeɪd] See IPA manual

Freq #2408

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1

noun
A mark or score given for work at school or in a test.

He got a good grade on the test.
2

verb
To give a mark or score to a piece of work.

The teacher stayed late to grade the exams.
3

noun
A level of quality or value within a range.

This shop only sells the highest grade of coffee.
4

noun
The steepness of a slope or road.

The truck slowed down on the steep grade.

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1 noun · a mark or score given for... mark

2 verb · to give a mark or score to... mark

3 noun · a level of quality or value... level

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Forms gradedgradesgrading

Derived forms a-gradeaggradeat-gradebigradec-gradecentigradeconsumer-gradecross-gradedecigradedisgradedowngradee-grade

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”).

grade Middle French gradus Latin *graðus Proto-Italic *gʰradʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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# grade

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ɡɹeɪd/
**IPA (UK):** [ɡɹeɪd]
**Frequency rank:** 2408

## Meanings
1. A mark or score given for work at school or in a test.
2. To give a mark or score to a piece of work.
3. A level of quality or value within a range.
4. The steepness of a slope or road.

## Examples
- He got a good grade on the test.
- The teacher stayed late to grade the exams.
- This shop only sells the highest grade of coffee.
- The truck slowed down on the steep grade.

## Derived Forms
- a-grade
- aggrade
- at-grade
- bigrade
- c-grade
- centigrade
- consumer-grade
- cross-grade
- decigrade
- disgrade
- downgrade
- e-grade

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: grade
- Root: gradus
- Root: *graðus
- Root: *gʰradʰ-

## Etymology
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”).

## AI Etymology
Grade is 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”). In current use, the main senses are “A mark or score given for work at school or in a test” and “To give a mark or score to a piece of work”.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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