grade

Pronunciation: [ɡɹeɪd]

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a body of students who are taught together
  2. noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
  3. noun the gradient of a slope or road or other surface

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian gri̇̀diju (“to go, wander”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

class, form, course

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
gathering
Narrower (hyponyms)
section, master class

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