noun
Meaning 1
A rank or grade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
grading
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -eɪdɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: G R EY1 D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Gradation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
The act of reshaping the contour of the landscape so as to provide rainwater drainage around buildings, create lawns and gardens, prepare roadbeds, and so on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Ellipsis of grading period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: education
Examples
- Today is my first grading exam.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of grade
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marking, scoring
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: evaluation, rating
noun
Meaning 7
changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: leveling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: construction, building
noun
Meaning 8
the act of arranging in a graduated series
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scaling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: order, ordering
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Real reading context