grade

grade is a 5-letter English word with 21 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 8 · 21 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A step or degree in any series, rank, quality, order; relative position or standing; as, grades of military rank; crimes of every grade; grades of flour.
2. noun. The rate of ascent or descent; gradient; deviation from a level surface to an inclined plane; -- usually stated as so many feet per mile, or as one foot rise or fall in so many of horizontal distance; as, a heavy grade; a grade of twenty feet per mile, or of 1 in 264.
3. noun. A graded ascending, descending, or level portion of a road; a gradient.
4. noun. The result of crossing a native stock with some better breed. If the crossbreed have more than three fourths of the better blood, it is called high grade.
5. transitive verb. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc.
6. transitive verb. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road.
7. transitive verb. To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
8. noun. A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
9. noun. a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed
10. noun. the gradient of a slope or road or other surface

    "the road had a steep grade"

11. noun. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

    "a moderate grade of intelligence"

    "a high level of care is required"

    Synonyms: degree, level

12. noun. the height of the ground on which something stands

    "the base of the tower was below grade"

13. noun. a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)

    "she made good marks in algebra"

    "grade A milk"

    Synonyms: mark, score

14. noun. a degree of ablaut

    Synonyms: gradation

15. noun. a body of students who are taught together

    "early morning classes are always sleepy"

    Synonyms: class, course, form

16. noun. one-hundredth of a right angle

    Synonyms: grad

17. noun. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

    "lumber of the highest grade"

    Synonyms: level, tier

18. verb. determine the grade of or assign a grade to
19. verb. assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation

    "grade tests"

    "score the SAT essays"

    Synonyms: mark, score

20. verb. assign a rank or rating to

    "how would you rank these students?"

    "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

    Synonyms: order, place, range, rank, rate

21. verb. level to the right gradient

Synonyms

degree, level, mark, score, gradation, class, course, form, grad, tier, order, place, range, rank, rate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in grade:

edgar, gader, garde, raged

Common word forms

graded, grader, grades, gradely, grading, gradeless

Words from these letters

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