Used in a Sentence

grade

How to use grade in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for grade.

Editorial note

Ive been teaching third grade for thirty years.

Examples17
Definitions13
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of grade gathered in one view.

noun

a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

noun

a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"

noun

the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grade.

noun

a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

noun

a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"

noun

the gradient of a slope or road or other surface; "the road had a steep grade"

noun

one-hundredth of a right angle

noun

a degree of ablaut

noun

a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance); "she made good marks in algebra"; "grade A milk"; "what was your score on your homework?"

noun

the height of the ground on which something stands; "the base of the tower was below grade"

noun

a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality; "a moderate grade of intelligence"; "a high level of care is required"; "it is all a matter of degree"

noun

a variety of cattle produced by crossbreeding with a superior breed

verb

assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

verb

level to the right gradient

verb

assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation; "grade tests"; "score the SAT essays"; "mark homework"

verb

determine the grade of or assign a grade to

Example sentences

1

Ive been teaching third grade for thirty years.

2

"So he would come back to our degreeless and gradeless school, but with a difference.

3

If it is even possible to break a tool like this, that tool is not enterprise grade.

4

Almost all of the premeds I know are competing for the best grades, the best resumes, and the best internships.

5

And the industrial grade heavy duty plasma cutter.

6

I guess it's a matter of what sort of things you grade on, For my personal OS grading metric there is only one item, "Helps me Get Shit Done".

7

I have no difficulty doing this with third graders, but this particular class was all elementary school teachers.

8

As a student who did not cheat, worked very hard, and still received a relatively low grade in your class, theres nothing more infuriating.

9

I taught myself programming in 7th grade because I really wanted to play Sim City, but having no gaming computers/consoles, I couldn't.

10

Scolding and finger-wagging was bad enough coming from a first-grade teacher trying to promote sanctimonious values back in the 1950s.

11

His creative intelligence, stifled by too much theory and too many grades in college, would now become reawakened by the boredom of the shop.

12

Now, I know you and many others reading this post probably think Im just a pissed off student who didnt get the grade he wanted and is now bashing his teacher out of revenge.

13

Is it not your job as an educator to make sure those who put in the most effort and demonstrate the highest level of achievement are awarded grades accordingly?

14

The reason that cryptographers laugh at people who advertise "military grade cryptography" or "we use AES256" is because the choice of crypto primitives is often less important than how they're composed.

15

"Motivation of this sort, once it catches hold, is a ferocious force, and in the gradeless, degreeless institution where our student would find himself, he wouldn't stop with rote engineering information.

16

This larger goal wouldn't be the imitation of education in Universities today, glossed over and concealed by grades and degrees that give the appearance of something happening when, in fact, almost nothing is going on.

17

If you're struggling with some concept of enterprise grade operations, what people expect of you and how you can succeed with events like this in the future, I'm positive every capable person here would provide some level of guidance and support.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use grade in a sentence?

Ive been teaching third grade for thirty years.

What does grade mean?

a body of students who are taught together; "early morning classes are always sleepy"

What part of speech is grade?

grade is commonly used as noun, verb.