Main Entry:: ¹grade
Pronunciation:: \ˈgrād\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Latin gradus step, degree, from Latin gradi to step, go; akin to Lithuanian gridyti to go, wander
Date:: 1526

1 a (1): a position in a scale of ranks or qualities (2): a stage in a process b: a degree of severity in illness <grade III carcinoma> c: a class organized for the work of a particular year of a school course d: a military or naval rank2 a: a class of things of the same stage or degree b: a mark indicating a degree of accomplishment in school c: a standard of food quality3 a: the degree of inclination of a road or slope ; also : a sloping road b: a datum or reference level ; especially : ground level4: a domestic animal with one parent purebred and the other of inferior breeding5plural : the elementary school system

— grade·less

\-ləs\ adjective

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