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Grading

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Noun

1. grading, scaling

the act of arranging in a graduated series

2. grading, leveling

changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface

3. grading, marking, scoring

evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score

Example Sentences:
'what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do'

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Grading

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noun
1. 
the act of classifying something on a scale by quality, rank, size, or progression, etc
a union dispute over pay and grading
tumour staging and grading
2. 
the position or degree assigned in this type of classification
Not all first-class hotels live up to their grading.
All the responses were given a grading.
3. education
the act of assigning a mark or rating indicating achievement or the worth of work done
He theorised that there should be no exams and no grading.

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Grading

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n.
1. A stage or degree in a process.
2. A position in a scale of size, quality, or intensity: a poor grade of lumber.
3. An accepted level or standard.
4. A set of persons or things all falling in the same specified limits; a class.
5.
a. A level of academic development in an elementary, middle, or secondary school: learned fractions in the fourth grade.
b. A group of students at such a level: The third grade has recess at 10:30.
c. grades Elementary school.
6. A number, letter, or symbol indicating a student's level of accomplishment: a passing grade in history.
7. A military, naval, or civil service rank.
8. The degree of inclination of a slope, road, or other surface: the steep grade of the mountain road.
9. A slope or gradual inclination, especially of a road or railroad track: slowed the truck when he approached the grade.
10. The level at which the ground surface meets the foundation of a building.
11. A domestic animal produced by crossbreeding one of purebred stock with one of ordinary stock.
12. Linguistics A degree of ablaut.
v. grad·ed, grad·ing, grades
v.tr.
1. To arrange in grades; sort or classify: How is motor oil graded?
2.
a. To determine the quality of (academic work, for example); evaluate: graded the book reports.
b. To give a grade to (a student, for example).
3. To level or smooth to a desired or horizontal gradient: bulldozers graded the road.
4. To gradate.
5. To improve the quality of (livestock) by crossbreeding with purebred stock.
v.intr.
To change or progress gradually: piles of gravel that grade from coarse to fine.

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