Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to grade
Participle: graded
Gerund: grading
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | grade |
| you | grade |
| he;she;it | grades |
| we | grade |
| you | grade |
| they | grade |
Perfect
| I | have graded |
| you | have graded |
| he;she;it | has graded |
| we | have graded |
| you | have graded |
| they | have graded |
Past
| I | graded |
| you | graded |
| he;she;it | graded |
| we | graded |
| you | graded |
| they | graded |
Pluperfect
| I | had graded |
| you | had graded |
| he;she;it | had graded |
| we | had graded |
| you | had graded |
| they | had graded |
Future
| I | will grade |
| you | will grade |
| he;she;it | will grade |
| we | will grade |
| you | will grade |
| they | will grade |
Future Perfect
| I | will have graded |
| you | will have graded |
| he;she;it | will have graded |
| we | will have graded |
| you | will have graded |
| they | will have graded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | grade |
| you | grade |
| he;she;it | grade |
| we | grade |
| you | grade |
| they | grade |
Perfect
| I | have graded |
| you | have graded |
| he;she;it | have graded |
| we | have graded |
| you | have graded |
| they | have graded |
Imperfect
| I | graded |
| you | graded |
| he;she;it | graded |
| we | graded |
| you | graded |
| they | graded |
Pluperfect
| I | had graded |
| you | had graded |
| he;she;it | had graded |
| we | had graded |
| you | had graded |
| they | had graded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would grade |
| you | would grade |
| he;she;it | would grade |
| we | would grade |
| you | would grade |
| they | would grade |
Perfect
| I | would have graded |
| you | would have graded |
| he;she;it | would have graded |
| we | would have graded |
| you | would have graded |
| they | would have graded |
Imperative
| you | grade |
| we | Let's grade |
| you | grade |
Verbs conjugated like 'grade'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'grade'
grace,
grame,
grane,
grape,
grate,
grave,
graze,
gride,
gryde,
trade,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1511, from Fr. grade "grade, degree," from L. gradus "step, degree," replacing M.E. gree "step, degree in a series," from O.Fr. grei "step," from L. gradus, related to gradi "to walk, step, go," from PIE *ghredh- (cf. Lith. gridiju "to go, wander," O.C.S. gredo "to come," O.Ir. in-greinn "he pursues," and second element in congress, progress, etc.). The verb is 1659, from the noun. Railway sense is from 1835. Meaning "division of a school curriculum equivalent to one year" is from 1835; that of "letter-mark indicating assessment of a student's work" is from 1886.
2. Borrowed from Middle French grade (“a grade, degree”), from Latin gradus (“a step, pace, degree”), from Proto-Italic *graðus, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰradʰ-, *gʰredʰ- (“to walk, go”). Doublet of gradus.
3. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (griþs, “step, grade”), Bavarian Gritt (“step, stride”), Lithuanian gri̇̀diju (“to go, wander”).
Sample Sentences
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a graded reader
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to grade land before building on it
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The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock. [2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 129:]
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Brain scans were graded on a five-point scale of atrophy.
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He has rightly observed that while -ísimo superlatives are typically prenominal, adjectives graded with the intensifier muy "very" are characteristically postnominal. [1999, Jon Franco, Alazne Landa, Juan Martín, Grammatical Analyses in Basque and Romance Linguistics: Papers in Honor of Mario Saltarelli, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 65:]
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Adjectives graded for comparative and superlative degree can function both attributively and predicatively. Most descriptive adjectives are gradable: As modifiers of a noun Have you got a larger size? […] [2014, Angela Downing, English Grammar: A University Course, Routledge, →ISBN, page 430:]
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Similarly to the Hungarian adjectives graded with the suffix -ik, in place of naj, najto, or, in agreement with the noun, -najte, -najta, -najto forms occur, e.g., najtolepsi or najtelepsi, najtelepsa, najtelepse 'most beautiful'. [2020, Prekmurje Slovene Grammar: Avgust Pavel’s Vend nyelvtan (1942), BRILL, →ISBN, page 82:]
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And there were circles even beyond these – […] humanity grading and drifting beyond the educated vision, until no earthly invitation can embrace it. [1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 34:]
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I graded out of grade two and three and arrived in Miss Hanson's room.