Meaning

• A rating.

  "I gave him a good grade for effort."

• The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.

  "He got a good grade on the test."

• A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.

• A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage

  "The grade of this hill is more than 5 percent."

• A level of primary and secondary education.

  "Clancy is entering the fifth grade this year."

• A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).

  "The grade fives are on a field trip."

• An area that has been flattened by a grader (construction machine).

• The level of the ground.

  "This material absorbs moisture and is probably not a good choice for use below grade."

• A gradian.

• In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.

• A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.

• A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.

• The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.

Meaning

• To assign scores to the components of an academic test.

• To assign a score to overall academic performance.

• To organize in grades.

  "a graded reader"

• To flatten, level, or smooth a large surface.

• To remove or trim part of a seam allowance from a finished seam so as to reduce bulk and make the finished piece more even when turned right side out.

• To pass imperceptibly from one grade into another.