Word Study
grading
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun grading has 3 senses
- grading(n = noun.act) scaling - the act of arranging in a graduated series; Array is a kind of order, ordering
- grading(n = noun.act) leveling - changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface; Array is a kind of building, construction
- grading(n = noun.act) marking, scoring - evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" is a kind of evaluation, rating
Derived form verb grade1
Derived form verb grade2
Derived forms verb grade4, verb grade3
CIDE DICTIONARY
grading, n.
The act or method of arranging in or by grade, or of bringing, as the surface of land or a road, to the desired level or grade. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
grading
analysis, arrangement, cataloging, categorization, classification, codification, division, filing, gradation, graduation, grouping, indexing, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking, rating, shading, sorting, stratification, subdivision, tabulation, taxonomy, typology
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