grade

Definition

  • noun: a level of study that is completed by a student during one year
  • noun: a position in a scale of ranks or qualities
  • verb: to give a grade to (a student or a student's work)
  • verb: to arrange in 'grades'
  • synonyms: sort, acclivity, adjust

Examples

  • ('US') I got a good 'grade' on my math test. = ('Brit') I got a good 'grade' in my maths test.

  • Many people apply for these positions, but only a few 'make the grade'.

  • How would you 'grade' your meal on a scale from one to five?

Movie quotes

  • (..) That eliminates these and those and most of that side. Are you now or have you ever been... ...a Norse god, vampire, or time-traveling cyborg? I've known you since, what, first grade? I would have told you. Vampire wouldn't tell. Cyborg wouldn't know. Shut up. Okay, if it's not any of those, (..)
    2009 17 Again