# grades

Pronunciation: say "GRAYDZ" /ɡɹeɪdz/

## Noun

1. Plural of grade. — plural of grade
   - Simple: Plural of grade. Use this form when you mean more than one grade.
   - _Steep mountain roads have grades that challenge most heavy trucks._
   - _The mill sorts its lumber into several grades before shipping._
3. Grammar school or primary school: the years of schooling that come before high school.
   - Simple: The early school years that come before high school.
   - _Most kids in our town learn to read while they are still in the grades._
   - _After thirty years in the grades, she finally moved up to teach high school._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of grade. — third-person singular simple present indicative of grade
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of grade. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The professor grades on a strict curve every semester._
   - _Our new machine grades thousands of eggs an hour._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/grades (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).