Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - grade
Grade
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a certain degree in rank, merit, proficiency, quality, etc. b a class of persons or things of the same grade. 2 a a mark indicating the quality of a student's work. b an examination, esp. in music. 3 US a class in school, concerned with a particular year's work and usu. numbered from the first upwards. 4 a a gradient or slope. b the rate of ascent or descent. 5 a a variety of cattle produced by crossing native stock with a superior breed. b a group of animals at a similar level of development. 6 Philol. a relative position in a series of forms involving ablaut. --v. 1 tr. arrange in or allocate to grades; class, sort. 2 intr. (foll. by up, down, off, into, etc.) pass gradually between grades, or into a grade. 3 tr. give a grade to (a student). 4 tr. blend so as to affect the grade of colour with tints passing into each other. 5 tr. reduce (a road etc.) to easy gradients. 6 tr. (often foll. by up) cross (livestock) with a better breed. Phrases and idioms at grade US on the same level. grade crossing US = level crossing. grade school US elementary school. make the grade colloq. succeed; reach the desired standard. Etymology: F grade or L gradus step
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I. noun Etymology: Latin gradus step, degree, from Latin gradi to step, go; akin to Lithuanian gridyti to go, wander Date: 1526 1. a. a position in a scale of ranks or qualities, a stage in a process, a degree of severity in illness , a class organized for the work of a particular year of a school course, a military or naval rank, 2. a class of things of the same stage or degree, a mark indicating a degree of accomplishment in school, a standard of food quality, 3. the degree of inclination of a road or slope, a datum or reference level, a domestic animal with one parent purebred and the other of inferior breeding, the elementary school system, ~less adjective II. verb (~d; grading) Date: 1659 transitive verb 1. to arrange in ~s ; sort, to arrange in a scale or series, to assign to a ~ or assign a ~ to, to level off to a smooth horizontal or sloping surface, intransitive verb 1. to form a series, blend, to be of a particular ~, gradable adjective III. adjective Date: 1852 being, involving, or yielding domestic animals of improved but not pure stock ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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