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high-grade

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of high quality, particularly good.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The high-grade ore was much more profitable than lower-grade ore.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: low-grade

2

adj

Meaning 2

Severe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: low-grade

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

surpassing in quality

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • top-grade ore

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: top-quality, top-grade

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: висококачествен (visokokačestven) — of high quality
  • Bulgarian: първокласен (pǎrvoklasen) — of high quality
  • Finnish: korkealaatuinen — of high quality
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høyverdig — of high quality
  • Spanish: de alta calidad — of high quality
  • Arabic: مُرْتَفِع الدَّرَجَة (murtafiʕ ad-daraja) — medicine
  • German: hochgradig — medicine