grade

grade1 [ greıd ] noun count ***

1. ) one of the levels of school in the U.S. that lasts one year. Students in the same grade are all about the same age:

The topic is covered in the seventh grade.

eighth grade students

2. ) a letter or number that shows the quality of a student's work:

You need to improve your grades.

get/gain/obtain a grade: I got a Grade 2 for art.

3. ) a level of quality or importance:

Their wool is suitable for finer grades of cloth.

Grade A meat

the restoration of this Grade One listed building

top grade tennis rackets

4. ) the rank of a person, for example in their job:

The technical and professional grades have become more open to women.

He demanded to be put on a higher grade.

make the grade

to succeed in doing something because you are good enough

grade

grade 2 [ greıd ] verb transitive *

1. ) to judge the quality of a student's work by giving it a letter or number:

The teachers did not grade their own students' papers.

2. ) to separate things into different groups according to quality, size, importance, etc.:

Grading meat is an important responsibility of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.