grade
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- pronunciation:
- greId
- features:
- Word History, Word Explorer, Word Parts
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| definition 1: |
a level, degree, or rank in a scale.
These are the top grade of eggs.- synonyms:
- level, quality, rank, status
- similar words:
- class, degree, rate, stage, station, step
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| definition 2: |
a rank of students in a school based on the age of children, or all the students in a school who are in that rank.
Chris is in second grade.The whole sixth grade went to the museum yesterday.- similar words:
- class
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The word
grade comes from a Latin word that means "a step" or "a degree."