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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grade \Grade\, verb (used with an object) [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Grading \Grad"ing\, noun 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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
grading
noun
1: the act of arranging in a graduated series [syn: {scaling}]
2: changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface [syn: {leveling}]
3: evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do" [syn: {marking}, {scoring}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "grading": analysis, arrangement, cataloging, categorization, classification, codification, division, filing, gradation, graduation, grouping, indexing, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking, rating, shading, sorting, stratification, subdivision, tabulation, taxonomy, typology
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