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What is the noun for grade?

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grade

A rating.
The performance of an individual or group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
A degree or level of something; a position within a scale; a degree of quality.
A slope (up or down) of a roadway or other passage
(Canada) A level of primary and secondary education.
(Canada, education) A student of a particular grade (used with the grade level).
An area that has been graded by a grader (construction machine)
The level of the ground.
(mathematics) A gradian.
(geometry) In a linear system of divisors on an n-dimensional variety, the number of free intersection points of n generic divisors.
A harsh scraping or cutting; a grating.
(systematics) A taxon united by a level of morphological or physiological complexity that is not a clade.
(medicine) The degree of malignity of a tumor expressed on a scale.
Synonyms:

rank, level, position, class, status, standing, station, echelon, ranking, order, condition, caliber, estate, calibre, quality, tier, rating, gradation, placing, brand, rate, ranks, pigeonhole, size, degree of merit, degree of proficiency, degree of quality, degree, place, rung, stratum, footing, classification, reaches, situation, stage, standard, division, category, set, group, caste, sphere, step, stature, notch, point, capacity, mark, state … more

Examples:

“The genius of Dr. Barton was of the highest grade. It was rapid, comprehensive, and brilliant in the extreme.”

“The St. Louis market is practically the dumping ground for this particular grade of wheat.”

“At the end of the term, Dr. Kozam examined the lab books and gave me a grade of 80.”

gradation

A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another. See Synonyms at nuance.
The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
(countable) A calibration marking.
(music) A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
(phonetics) Apophony.
Synonyms:

progression, range, spectrum, scale, series, sweep, compass, hierarchy, sequence, span, succession, continuum, gamut, ladder, ranking, variety, order, distribution, spread, stretch, band, diapason, run, course, chain, procession, train, string, cycle, set, spate, line, wave, array, stream, row, rash, round, arrangement, streak, list, concatenation, battery, suite, outbreak, group, file, bank, alternation, consecution … more

Examples:

“The gradation of perfection in these aspects is quite apparent with the academic progress.”

“These apparent gradations of honesty are a difficult concept.”

“This light is perfect for the stage. One can obtain gradation of brightness that is really magical.”

gradient

A slope or incline.
A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
(calculus) Of a function y = f(x) or the graph of such a function, the rate of change of y with respect to x
(sciences) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance.
(analysis) A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field φ: ∇φ
A gradual change in color. A color gradient; gradation.
Synonyms:

slope, incline, slant, inclination, pitch, cant, tilt, grade, rake, angle, lean, upgrade, acclivity, declivity, diagonal, steepness, leaning, angular coefficient, camber, bend, ramp, bank, bevel, list, dip, downgrade, deviation, skew, angling, tip, abruptness, roll, declination, shelving, listing, drop, obliqueness, bias, sway, obliquity, deflection, heel, rise, slide, fall, descent, ascent, bending, lift, direction … more

Examples:

“The early street may not have been aligned straight up the face of a slope with a sharp gradient.”

“He also said that the last mountain proved to be the biggest challenge because it meant walking at a constant gradient to a height of nearly 6,000 feet.”

grader

A machine used in construction for flattening large surfaces.
One who grades, or that by means of which grading is done or facilitated.
(in combination) One who belongs to a certain grade at school.
Synonyms:

Examples:

“A simple worm grader, run by an electric motor, separates the worms from the dirt.”

“Anyway, when it came to the essay segments, I wrote my answers like a 4th grader.”

“As a grader, you control the blade depth with auxiliary hydraulics and the blade pitch using the attachment hydraulic.”

grading

gradable

(linguistics) A word that can be inflected to specify the degree or grade of something.

gradability

The property of being gradable.

gradee

One who receives a grade.

grades

plural of grade
Grammar school, primary school, or the years of school prior to high school.
Synonyms:

gradations

plural of gradation
Synonyms:

progressions, ranges, spectrums, scales, series, sweeps, compasses, hierarchies, sequences, spans, successions, continua, gamuts, ladders, rankings, varieties, orders, distributions, spreads, stretches, bands, diapasons, chains, courses, runs, cycles, trains, processions, strings, sets, waves, streams, arrays, lines, rashes, spates, rows, rounds, concatenations, arrangements, suites, lists, streaks, batteries, files, outbreaks, groups, suits, consecutions, banks … more

Examples:

“Now you have gradations of desire and expectation on the part of immigrants.”

“There's a lot to learn on a camera that will go from fully automatic to manual with many gradations of control in between.”

“He is not by nature honest or open about anything, and has a hard time seeing the gradations that exist in normal human relations.”

gradables

plural of gradable

gradients

plural of gradient
Synonyms:

inclines, slants, inclination, pitch, cant, tilts, grades, rakes, angles, leans, upgrades, acclivities, declivities, diagonals, steepness, leanings, banks, ramps, hills, bends, dips, descent, camber, downgrades, rises, drops, ascent, falls, lists, bevels, tips, deviations, downslopes, decline, inclined planes, angling, planes, skews, obliquities, declination, abruptnesses, rolls, uprises, uphills, upslopes, tangents, embankments, shelvings, listings, obliqueness … more

gradings

plural of grading
Synonyms:

results, scores, marks, grades, ratings, places, percentages, placings, positions, rank, records, rankings, assessments, appraisals, tallies, evaluation, ranking, judgments, judgements, valuation, estimates, counts, notches, points … more

Examples:

“He had no fear of Keefer's higher military rank. He was sure the communicator laughed at such gradings.”

“All black belt gradings are held there, whilst all other gradings are held at the club.”

“No matter how dubious, or even fictitious, examination gradings may sometimes be, they make judgements possible on educational progress and on the maintenance of standards.”

gradees

plural of gradee

graders

plural of grader
Synonyms:

Examples:

“We can become so wrapped up in cubic yards of capacity and horsepower that we ignore those components of scrapers and graders.”

“The kids won their leagues as 7th and 8th graders, thanks to their talent and camaraderie.”

“For precision in the tool handling, feathering is a favorite technique with these graders.”

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