Definition of Grading

1. Noun. The act of arranging in a graduated series.

Exact synonyms: Scaling
Generic synonyms: Order, Ordering
Derivative terms: Grade

2. Noun. Changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface.
Exact synonyms: Leveling
Generic synonyms: Building, Construction
Derivative terms: Grade

3. Noun. Evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score. "What he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"
Exact synonyms: Marking, Scoring
Generic synonyms: Evaluation, Rating
Derivative terms: Grade, Grade, Mark, Score

Definition of Grading

1. 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.

Definition of Grading

1. Verb. (present participle of grade) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Grading

1. grade [v] - See also: grade

Medical Definition of Grading

1. To bring an existing surface to a designed form by cutting, filling and/or smoothing operations. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Grading

gradgrind
gradgrinds
gradian
gradians
gradience
gradient
gradient elution
gradient encoding
gradient perception
gradient wind
gradientless
gradients
gradin
gradine
gradines
grading (current term)
gradini
gradino
gradins
gradiometer
gradiometers
gradiometry
grads
gradual
gradualism
gradualisms
gradualist
gradualistic
gradualists
graduality

Literary usage of Grading

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education (1894)
"343 93 Curbing, grading and Paving Hirsch Street, Northwest Division High School Lot 38 Curbing, grading and Paving Alley, Dore School Lot 336 72 Curbing, ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1904)
"Among the taxes assessed against the property sold by Williams and Bowe, trustees, in favor of the city of Richmond, was a special assessment for grading ..."

3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1898)
"Yet, because of the manner of grading and promoting, the graded school of to-day ... Is not individuality of more importance than evenness of grading ? ..."

4. School Management by Samuel Train Dutton (1904)
"grading of Pupils. In rural schools the classification of pupils is often difficult. If close grading is attempted too many divisions is the result. ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"GRAIN: Shipping, grading and Storing. Figs. 511-514. By CS Scofield. ... The actual work of grain inspection and grading, as now practiced, is much the same ..."

6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"147, authorizing an assessment on property on one side of the center line of the street, except for grading, curbing, etc.. an assessment for macadamizing ..."

7. Principles of Marketing by Fred Emerson Clark (1922)
"grading involves the division of products into classes made up of units ... In so far as products are standardized in their production, grading is ..."

8. Ruling Case Law as Developed and Established by the Decisions and by William Mark McKinney, Burdett Alberto Rich (1916)
"Unauthorized and Illegal grading.—The municipality is liable where a grade is improperly or illegally established or changed.7 Where the law giving a ..."

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