grade
• noun 1 a specified level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value. 2 a mark indicating the quality of a student’s work. 3 N. Amer. (with specifying ordinal number) those pupils in a school who are grouped by age or ability for teaching at a particular level for a year. • verb 1 arrange in or allocate to grades. 2 pass gradually from one level to another. 3 N. Amer. give a grade to (a student or their work). 4 reduce (a road) to an easy gradient. — PHRASES make the grade informal succeed. — ORIGIN Latin gradus ‘step’.
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