SYNONYMS FOR grade
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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?
First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.
First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.
First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.
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Idioms for grade
Origin of grade
First recorded in 1505–15; from French: “office,” from Latin gradus “step, stage, degree,” derivative of gradī “to go, step, walk”
OTHER WORDS FROM grade
Definition for grade (2 of 2)
-grade
a combining form meaning “walking, moving,” in the manner or by the means specified by the initial element: plantigrade.
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British Dictionary definitions for grade (1 of 2)
grade
/ (ɡreɪd) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for grade
C16: from French, from Latin gradus step, from gradī to step
British Dictionary definitions for grade (2 of 2)
-grade
adj combining form
indicating a kind or manner of movement or progressionplantigrade; retrograde
Word Origin for -grade
via French from Latin -gradus, from gradus a step, from gradī to walk
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Scientific definitions for grade
grade
[ grād ]
The degree of inclination of a slope, road, or other surface.
A grouping of organisms done purely on the basis of shared features and without regard to evolutionary relationships. Grades may include organisms that do not share a common ancestor, or may exclude some organisms having the same common ancestor as the other organisms in the grade. For this reason, many taxonomists do not accept grades as formal classifications. The class Reptilia (reptiles) is a grade since it includes dinosaurs but not birds, even though birds are descended from dinosaurs. Compare clade.
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Idioms and Phrases with grade
grade
see make the grade.
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