grading

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 2.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of grade
2. noun A rank or grade.
3. noun Gradation.
4. noun 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.
5. noun Ellipsis of grading period.

   Today is my first grading exam.

Similar words

leveling scaling rating ranking placement ordering sorting classifying sort qualification

Often followed by

of and system the is in systems into to

Word family

grade graded grades