Grade ɡreɪd Good Exams Cent School Extra Examples

• she got good grades in her exams.
• she got good grades on her exams.
• 70 per cent of students achieved grade c or above.
• sam is in (the) second grade.

grade

1. a mark given in an exam or for a piece of school work
• She got good grades in her exams.
• She got good grades on her exams.
• 70 per cent of students achieved Grade C or above.

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• an A-grade essay
• I need to improve my grades.
• She got a failing grade for that assignment.
• The oral exam constitutes 10 per cent of the final grade.
• The proportion of students getting A grades is up.
2. (in the US school system) one of the levels in a school with children of similar age
• SEE ALSO O grade
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/o-grade
• Sam is in (the) second grade.

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• He skipped a grade so he finished high school early.
• My son will be starting third grade this fall.
• He moved up three grades in just a year.
• These topics are suitable for seventh grade.
3. the quality of a particular product or material
• SEE ALSO high-grade
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/high-grade
• All the materials used were of the highest grade.

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• a piece of high grade building land
• low grade steel
• Grade A beef
• a piece of top grade beef
4. a level of ability or rank that somebody has in an organization
• salary/pay grades (= levels of pay)
• She's still only on a secretarial grade.

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• She was offered a job at a lower grade.
• The majority of staff are on the same grade.
• large pay increases for senior grades
• the people on management grades
• The higher grades within the organization usually get bigger pay rises.
5. how serious an illness is
• low/high grade fever
6. a slope on a road or railway; the degree to which the ground slopes
• The hill has a grade of 25 per cent.
• We hiked up a short steep grade.
7. a level of exam in musical skill
• grade 6 piano
8. to reach the necessary standard; to succeed
• About 10 per cent of trainees fail to make the grade.

Word Origin

• early 16th cent.: 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.