Graded ɡreɪd Grading Grade Containers Size Extra I

• the containers are graded according to size.
• eggs are graded from small to extra large.
• responses were graded from 1 (very satisfied) to 5 (not at all satisfied).
• ten beaches were graded as acceptable.

grade

1. to arrange people or things in groups according to their ability, quality, size, etc.
• The containers are graded according to size.
• Eggs are graded from small to extra large.
• Responses were graded from 1 (very satisfied) to 5 (not at all satisfied).
• Ten beaches were graded as acceptable.
2. to give a mark/grade to a student or to a piece of their written work
• compare mark
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• I spent all weekend grading papers.
• The best students are graded A.

Extra Examples

• I don’t think he graded our essays fairly.
• The containers are graded by size.
• The timber is graded according to its thickness.
• a series of modern stories carefully graded for beginner to intermediate students
• finely graded nuances of language
• She spent the weekend grading papers.
• The attacks were graded as mild, moderate or severe.
• The gems are then graded by quality.
• The grammar exercises are graded for difficulty.
• There is some concern that grading is not always fair.
• Who grades the students?

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they grade
• he / she / it grades
• past simple graded
• past participle graded
• -ing form grading

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.