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We have found lemma(root) word of grades : grade.
Definitions
[ɡreɪd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value
(e.g: sea salt is usually available in coarse or fine grades)
- a mark indicating the quality of a student's work
(e.g: I got good grades last semester)
- a gradient or slope
(e.g: just over the crest of a long seven per cent grade)
- a variety of cattle produced by crossing with a superior breed
(e.g: grade stock)
Phrases:
- at grade
- make the grade
Origin
:
early 16th century: from French, or from Latin gradus ‘step’. Originally used as a unit of measurement of angles (a degree of arc), the term later referred to degrees of merit or quality
[ɡreɪd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- arrange in or allocate to grades; classify or sort
(e.g: the timber is graded according to its thickness)
- give a mark to (a student or a piece of work)
- pass gradually from one level, especially a shade of colour, into another
(e.g: the sky graded from blue at the top of the shot to white on the horizon)
- reduce (a road) to an easy gradient
- cross (livestock) with a superior breed
Phrases:
- at grade
- make the grade
Origin
:
early 16th century: from French, or from Latin gradus ‘step’. Originally used as a unit of measurement of angles (a degree of arc), the term later referred to degrees of merit or quality
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