Phrase Hound found 28 phrases and 17 compound words that contain grades. The most common are listed below. Open grades in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 28
- age gradesplural of age grade: An organized, culturally defined social category of people with membership based on age; in some societies it is entered automatically when one reaches a certain age, while in others it is entered through an initiation …
- first gradesplural of first grade: The first or second year of grade school depending on classification, the period in school that comes after kindergarten and before second grade. Children usually begin first grade at age six.
- pay gradesplural of pay grade: A level indicating a base salary (in the US applying to military and government employees).
- cross-gradesthird-person singular simple present indicative of cross-grade: To upgrade (a software application) so that it is able to run on a different platform.
- field gradesplural of field grade: Each of the commissions which rank a (para)military officer below the (highest) class of general officers, but above other commissioned officers and NCOs.
- fifth gradesplural of fifth grade: The period in school that comes after fourth grade and before sixth grade.
- fourth gradesplural of fourth grade: The period in school that comes after third grade and before fifth grade.
- letter gradesplural of letter grade: A letter of the alphabet assigned as an evaluation of schoolwork.
- passing gradesplural of passing grade: The grade required to pass an exam or other assessment
- reserve gradesplural of reserve grade: A second division in a sporting league or competition.
- second gradesplural of second grade: The period in school that comes after first grade and before third grade.
- third gradesplural of third grade: The period in school that comes after second grade and before fourth grade.
- zero gradesplural of zero grade: In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, an ablaut form of a root characterized by the absence of the basic ablauting vowel phonemes */e/ and */o/.
- pharmaceutical gradesplural of pharmaceutical grade: A standard of purity suitable for medicinal use.
- sixth gradesplural of sixth grade: The period in school that comes after fifth grade and before seventh grade.
- ruling gradesplural of ruling grade: The steepest uphill gradient in one direction on a section of railway line.
- seventh gradesplural of seventh grade: The period in school that comes after sixth grade and before eighth grade.
- eighth gradesplural of eighth grade: The period in school that comes after seventh grade and before ninth grade.
- ninth gradesplural of ninth grade: The period in school that comes after eighth grade and before tenth grade.
- helper gradesplural of helper grade: A railroad gradient where helper locomotives are required to assist the train locomotives.
- tenth gradesplural of tenth grade: The period in school that comes after ninth grade and before eleventh grade.
- eleventh gradesplural of eleventh grade: The period in school that comes after tenth grade and before twelfth grade.
- twelfth gradesplural of twelfth grade: The period in school that comes after eleventh grade and, rarely in the US, before thirteenth grade.
- thirteenth gradesplural of thirteenth grade: The year in school that comes after twelfth grade in some schools in the US, and that came after twelfth grade before 1988 in Ontario, Canada.
- grades on a curvethird-person singular simple present indicative of grade on a curve: To use a grading system based on the scale of performance of a group to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that …
Compound words 17
- downgradesplural of downgrade: A reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating.
- crossgradesthird-person singular simple present indicative of crossgrade: To upgrade (a software application) so that it is able to run on a different platform.
- decigradesplural of decigrade: An angular measure equal to one tenth of a grade
- disgradesthird-person singular simple present indicative of disgrade: To degrade.
- intergradesthird-person singular simple present indicative of intergrade: To pass or change from one state to another by steps or stages.
- misgradesthird-person singular simple present indicative of misgrade: To grade incorrectly.
- monogradesplural of monograde: Relating to students of the same grade level.
- multigradesplural of multigrade: Having the characteristics of multiple grades of a product (especially of a lubricating oil)
- outgradesplural of outgrade: A fruit, vegetable, animal, etc. that fails to meet criteria set by a retailer.
- overgradesthird-person singular simple present indicative of overgrade: Having the truss above the roadway.