grading : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: grading	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for grading
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
grading n the act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: scaling, grading] changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface Synonym(s): grading, leveling evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" Synonym(s): marking, grading, scoring
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grade \Grade\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Graded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Grading}.] 1. To arrange in order, steps, or degrees, according to size, quality, rank, etc. 2. To reduce to a level, or to an evenly progressive ascent, as the line of a canal or road. 3. (Stock Breeding) To cross with some better breed; to improve the blood of.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Grading \Grad"ing\, 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.