grade
noun
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity.
have graded
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present perfectof grade.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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A total of 28 lawmakers earned the label ‘defenders of economic freedom,’ which means they have graded at a 90% or higher score last year and over the course of their time in office.
From Washington Times ● May 19, 2021
All three have graded out as strong pass blockers.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2021
His hands have graded, sodded and seeded playing fields, and they’ve shown a group of scrappy wrestlers how to push their bodies beyond preconceived limitations.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2015
If the competition really were rigged, it seems as though the judges would have graded Sotnikova more enthusiastically on the subjective stuff.
From Slate ● Feb. 21, 2014
To have graded the children and introduced class instruction in 1684 was an important advance which the world has been slow in learning.
From The History of Education; educational practice and progress considered as a phase of the development and spread of western civilization by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley
