- grade
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 level/qualityADJECTIVE▪ high, top▪
a piece of high-grade building land
▪He still wants to play top-grade football.
▪ low, poor▪low-grade steel
2 mark given for a piece of work/an examADJECTIVE▪ final▪The oral exam constitutes 10% of the final grade.
▪ A, B, etc.▪an A-grade essay
▪ excellent, good, high▪ bad, low, poor▪ failing, passing (both AmE)▪She got a failing grade for that assignment.
▪ course (AmE)VERB + GRADE▪ achieve, attain, earn, get, have, receive▪She got good grades in her exams. (BrE)
▪She got good grades on her exams. (AmE)
▪ bring up (esp. AmE), improve, raise (esp. AmE)▪I need to improve my grades.
▪ award (sb), give sbPHRASES▪ grade point average (AmE)▪You've maintained a 3.9 grade point average.
3 level of importance/level of pay at workADJECTIVE▪ high, senior▪He has asked to be put onto a higher grade.
▪large pay increases for senior grades
▪ junior, low▪ payPREPOSITION▪ at a/the … grade▪She was offered a job at a lower grade.
▪ on a/the … grade▪The majority of staff are on the same grade.
4 (AmE) level at schoolADJECTIVE▪ sixth, third, etc.▪Sam is in (the) second grade.
VERB + GRADE▪ enter, start▪My son will be starting third grade this fall.
▪ complete, finish▪ skip▪He skipped a grade so he finished high school early.
▪ reach▪ teachGRADE + NOUN▪ level▪ schoolPREPOSITION▪ in … grade▪My daughter is in (the) fifth grade.
5 (esp. AmE) ⇨ See ↑gradient{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verb1 arrange in groupsADVERB▪ carefully▪a series of stories carefully graded for beginner to intermediate students (esp. BrE)
▪ finely▪finely graded nuances of language
PREPOSITION▪ according to▪The timber is graded according to its thickness.
▪ by▪The containers are graded by size.
▪ from … to …▪Eggs are graded from small to extra large.
2 (esp. AmE) give grade for a piece of work/an examADVERB▪ fairly, objectively▪I don't think he graded our essays fairly.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
